Helicopter collision in Badrinath LIVE updates: AAIB will investigate the accident, bodies are delayed due to darkness and tough terrain.

 LIVE updates on the Badrinath helicopter crash: This afternoon, a helicopter carrying six people, including the pilot, crashed close to Joshimath in Uttarakhand. At approximately 1:14 pm, Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt Ltd's chopper departed Badrinath for Sahastradhara in Dehradun.

         View of a crashed civil helicopter operated by Trans Bharat Aviation in the Hathi Parvat area while flying from Shri                                     Badrinath Dham to the Sahastradhara helipad in Dehradun, in Chamoli on Friday.

Badrinath helicopter disaster LIVE updates: On Friday, a helicopter carrying five passengers crashed close to Chayee hamlet in the Jyotirmath area of Chamoli district, dead six persons, including the pilot.According to officials, the chopper crashed during bad weather while it was traveling from Badrinath to Sahastradhara in Dehradun.

The helicopter, which was operated by Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt Ltd and with the call sign VT-HCX, took off from Badrinath at approximately 1:14 pm, according to NKJoshi, the disaster management officer for the Chamoli district.Shortly after, when flying over the Jyotirmath valley, it lost communication, and its tracking system ceased displaying its whereabouts. He stated that when an Army post reported the event, joint teams from the Army, police, district administration, and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were mobilized from Pandukeshwar and Jyotirmath to conduct search and rescue operations.Additionally, drone crews were deployed from the Gopeshwar district headquarters.

On Friday afternoon, a helicopter traveling from Badrinath to Dehradun in Uttarakhand crashed close to Joshimath. The weather in the area was getting worse when the crash was recorded. Following a helicopter crash in the Chamoli district's Hathi Parvat area, the state government launched a massive search and rescue operation on Friday, deploying two helicopters from the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) for aerial reconnaissance.




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