Five Karnataka passengers and the pilot lost their lives when a private helicopter went down near Chai village, close to Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Friday, Oct 30.
The aircraft, owned by Trans Bharat Aviation, had departed from the Badrinath Civil Helipad at about 1.12 pm, bound for the Sahastradhara helipad. The short flight, covering roughly 20 kilometres across the Himalayan foothills, lost contact at roughly 1.14 pm while flying over the Joshimath valley.
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📰 Source: Daijiworld