7, Including A Child, Dead As Helicopter Crashes Near Kedarnath

Recently, a private helicopter carrying five Kedarnath pilgrims made an emergency landing on a highway near Badasu in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district.

A helicopter going from Dehradun to Kedarnath in Uttarakhand crashed due to bad weather in Gaurikund on Sunday morning, killing all seven people travelling in it. The victims in the plane that took off at 5 am included a 10-year-old child.

The passengers in the helicopter were from Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. In view of relief and rescue, NDRF and SDRF teams have been dispatched to the site of the incident, said Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA).

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