Another aircraft has crashed on Sunday in the northern India state of Uttarakhand leading to the death of seven people, just a few days after an India Air plane crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad and killed more than 270 people.
Penpushing reports that the Aryan Aviation Bell 407 helicopter VT-BKA was en route from Kedarnath to Guptkashi, with five passengers, one child and one crew member on board, following a pilgrimage path through the Himalayan mountains
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the pilot and a two-year-old child were among those killed, stating that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will be investigating the crash.
Penpushing further reports that the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Department said the authorities got wind of the incident at about 5am, adding that the information had it that the helicopter, which was going from Shri Kedarnath Dham, could not be located.
The Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Department stated that the aircraft was later discovered to have crashed near Gaurikund, a key stop on the Kedarnath pilgrimage route.
Penpushing also reports that the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), local administration and other rescue teams have begun engaging in relief and rescue operations, describing the incident as very sad news.
The death toll from the India Air plane crash on Thursday has continued to rise as the search and recovery team continues searching through charred buildings for missing persons and debris of the Boeing 787 aircraft, while officials disclosed that recovery teams working late into Friday uncovered at least 25 more bodies in the wreckage.
Penpushing reports that the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad told The Associated Press that the facility had received 270 bodies, and only the surviving passenger is still under observation for injuries sustained.
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