Seven people died after the helicopter crashed near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand on Sunday, June 15. The helicopter went from Shri Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi. General Inspector Garhwal Rajiv Swaroop said the incident occurred when the helicopter operated by Aryan Aviation Guptkashi took off to Gaurikund after taking the devoted to Kedarath.
This was the fifth accident, because the portals of the Himalayan Kedarnath temple were opened on 2 May. Four other incidents reported in connection with Helicopter operations in Uttarakhand after Char Dham Yatra 2025 began on April 30:
1. Five people lost their lives, and several of them were injured after the helicopter crashed in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi on May 8. The incident occurred in the border district of Uttarkashi near the ganganani. It was a helicopter bearing six passengers and his captain.
2. May 12. According to reports 18, a potential accident was prevented in Badrinath. He tries to land back on the helad and the helicopter blade reportedly hit the nearby parked vehicle and caused panic.
3. May 17, Aiims Rishikesh Sanjeevani ‘Heli Ambulance “Crash-Landed” in Kedarnath after the rear of the helicopter was damaged, PTI press agency reported. All three passengers on board – doctor, pilot and medical staff escaped unharmed.
Before landing on the main handset of Kedarnath, Heli allegedly made a certain technical error. “Heli ambulances operated by Aiims, Rishikesh went to Kedarnath to save the pilgrim (Shree devi) suffering from respiratory anxiety when his tail rotor broke, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing,” he quoted, “he said.
4. The helicopter on the way to Kedarnath carried out an emergency landing on the highway in the RudraPrayag district on June after developing a technical hitch during take -off, the PTI officials said.
Six people on board the helicopter, including the pilot, had a narrow escape. The pilot suffered minor injuries and was hurried to the hospital for treatment.
According to officials, the helicopter Kestrel Aviation threw himself from the base of Badas for Kedarnath, when he took an emergency landing on the highway near Sirsi during take -off.
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