The non-public helicopter, which made an emergency landing due to a few technical faults in May, crashed near the Mandakini River in Lincholi.
New Delhi: A defective helicopter being airlifted from Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath to Gauchar via an Indian Air Force MI-17 chopper crashed this morning, officials said. The non-public helicopter crashed close to the Mandakini River in Lincholi and no person changed into injured inside the accident, which changed into stuck on digital camera, officials said.
The helicopter became being taken to the Gauchar airstrip with the assist of the MI-17 plane for restore. The pilot, however, dropped the chopper at a vacant spot while the MI-17 started dropping balance, Rudraprayag district tourism officer Rahul Chaubey stated.
“As soon as the MI-17 included a touch distance, it commenced dropping balance because of the weight of the helicopter and wind and the pilot had to drop it close to the Tharu camp,” Mr Chaubey said in an legitimate announcement.
There become no passenger or luggage at the helicopter, he stated, adding that a rescue crew reached the spot after the crash.
He also stated the non-public helicopter had made an emergency touchdown close to the Kedarnath helipad due to a few technical faults in May.
The chopper was in advance reportedly involved in ferrying passengers to Kedarnath temple.
There has been a sharp drop within the range of pilgrims going to Kedarnath due to the fact July 31 because of extensive harm because of heavy rain to the trek path to the Himalayan temple.
Rain-prompted landslides along the path from Gaurikund to Kedarnath had left thousands of humans stranded, prompting the management to launch a massive rescue operation aided by using the Air Force’s Chinook and MI17 helicopters, besides non-public choppers.
Though the trek route had remained largely suspended in August, the pilgrims arrived at the temple on helicopters.
Chardham Yatra commenced this 12 months on May 10 with the opening of the Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri temples for pilgrims. The portals of Badrinath opened on May 12.
More than 33 lakh pilgrims have to date visited the Himalayan temples.
