Six killed in Uttarakhand helicopter crash; new safety rules announced
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Six people were killed when a Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday, October 30, while flying from Badrinath to Dehradun. The victims were pilot Himanshu Sabharwal and five passengers from Karnataka who were undertaking the Char Dham pilgrimage.
The bodies were recovered overnight from the remote, high-altitude crash site and moved to the Community Health Centre in Jyotirmath. Arrangements were being made to transport them to AIIMS Rishikesh for post-mortem examinations. Personnel from the Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, national and state disaster response forces, Uttarakhand Police, Forest Department and local administration participated in the operation.
The cause of the crash has not been established. The India Meteorological Department had issued an orange alert for Chamoli, warning of isolated thunderstorms, lightning, hail and gusty winds. An initial district report said the helicopter encountered adverse weather near Hathi Parvat. However, officials told The Indian Express that other helicopters completed flights in the region before and after the accident, and investigators are examining weather and other possible factors.
Teams from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and Directorate General of Civil Aviation reached the area and began gathering evidence and aircraft components.
Following the crash, the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority said charter helicopters on Char Dham routes, except chopper services in Kedarnath, must operate with two pilots from November 2. The authority also introduced mandatory approval for every takeoff and landing and said pilots would have to file post-flight reports covering weather and operational conditions.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Add the reported Kedarnath exception to make the description of the new two-pilot rule accurate. - "charter helicopters on Char Dham routes must operate with two pilots from November 2": This overstates the scope of the rule because The Hindu reports that the two-pilot requirement will not apply to helicopter services in Kedarnath.
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Six killed in Uttarakhand helicopter crash; new safety rules announced
Six people were killed when a Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday, October 30, while flying from Badrinath to Dehradun. The victims were pilot Himanshu Sabharwal and five passengers from Karnataka who were undertaking the Char Dham pilgrimage.
The bodies were recovered overnight from the remote, high-altitude crash site and moved to the Community Health Centre in Jyotirmath. Arrangements were being made to transport them to AIIMS Rishikesh for post-mortem examinations. Personnel from the Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, national and state disaster response forces, Uttarakhand Police, Forest Department and local administration participated in the operation.
The cause of the crash has not been established. The India Meteorological Department had issued an orange alert for Chamoli, warning of isolated thunderstorms, lightning, hail and gusty winds. An initial district report said the helicopter encountered adverse weather near Hathi Parvat. However, officials told The Indian Express that other helicopters completed flights in the region before and after the accident, and investigators are examining weather and other possible factors.
Teams from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and Directorate General of Civil Aviation reached the area and began gathering evidence and aircraft components.
Following the crash, the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority said charter helicopters on Char Dham routesroutes, except chopper services in Kedarnath, must operate with two pilots from November 2. The authority also introduced mandatory approval for every takeoff and landing and said pilots would have to file post-flight reports covering weather and operational conditions.
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