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After Deadly Air India Crash, India Faces Another Fatal Aviation Incident in Uttarakhand
Rabat – Seven people, including a two-year-old child and the pilot, died today in a helicopter crash in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Authorities in the country confirmed the news, noting that the aircraft was en route from Kedarnath when it went down.
'At around 5:30 AM, we got the information that a helicopter, which was going from Shri Kedarnath Dham, could not be located,' the CEO of Uttarakhand's Civil Aviation Department said.
Al Jazeera reported that the bodies of the victims were badly burned in a fire that followed the crash.
A rescue operation is underway in coordination with local police in the area, with officials believing the crash was caused by poor weather conditions.
Pushkar Singh Dahmi, chief minister of Uttarakhand, took to his official X page, describing the accident as 'extremely unfortunate.'
'I express my deepest condolences to the departed souls in this tragic incident,' he said.
He added that a high-level meeting took place at the government headquarters with all concerned departments for an in-depth review of the incident.
'The safety procedures of helicopter operations are being thoroughly investigated,' he affirmed.
Indian reports suggest that the new incident is the fifth of its kind in less than two months.
The crash comes just days after the deadly Air India accident in Ahmedabad. The London-bound aircraft crashed into a residential area, killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew members. Tags: air france crashairplane crash
