Badrinath Helicopter Crash | Chopper Carrying Six People Crashes In Chamoli, Confirms CM Dhami | Read

A helicopter carrying six people, including the pilot, reported missing on the Joshimath-Badrinath route in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand has crashed, Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami said on Friday. The helicopter, which reportedly took off from Badrinath around 1:14 pm amid snowfall, lost contact near the Hathi Parvat area. "Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt Ltd's helicopter bearing call sign VT-HCX, operating from Badrinath to Sahastradhara, Dehradun, which took off at approximately 13:14 hours has been reportedly missing. The helicopter lost communication when it was flying over Joshimath valley. At the same time, the tracking system could no longer track the helicopter, and its current location has not been ascertained yet," Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority said in a statement.