Helicopter Airlifted By Mi-17 Aircraft Crashes In Kedarnath Near Tharu Camp, SDRF Team On Spot

A helicopter which turned into being airlifted by Mi-17 aircraft to Gauchar airstrip for restoration work, crashed in Kedarnath. The helicopter which turned into being airlifted desired to make an emergency landing therefore of a technical fault on twenty fourth May 2024. District Tourism Officer Rahul Chaubey observed, “There turned right into a plan to take the helicopter to Gauchar airstrip on Saturday, with the reinforce of Mi-17 aircraft, for restoration. As with out prolong as it safe slightly distance, the Mi-17 commenced losing stability caused by weight of the helicopter and wind, therefore of which the helicopter desired to be dropped shut Tharu camp. There turned into no passenger or baggage on the helicopter. The rescue workforce reached the spot as with out prolong because the archives turned into obtained. The workforce is inspecting the circumstance.”

SDRF observed, “On the moment, the SDRF rescue workforce obtained archives by Police put up Lincholi that a erroneous helicopter of an individual manufacturer, which turned into being towed by every other helicopter from Shri Kedarnath helipad to Gochar helipad, fell into the river at Lincholi shut Tharu Camp. The SDRF workforce has reached the spot and alleviation work is going on. There turned into no loss of lifestyles proper just by this incident. Search is being conducted by the SDRF workforce.”

In keeping with a district tourism legit, there had been no passengers or baggage aboard the helicopter at the time of the incident.

The helicopter had before been safely landed by the pilot on May 24, 2024, after a technical fault turned into detected proper just by its mind-set to the Kedarnath helipad. All passengers had been safely evacuated at that time.

District tourism legit Rahul Chaubey observed, “The plan turned into to transport the Crystal Aviation helicopter to the Gauchar airstrip for repairs this morning. The MI-17 helicopter had taken off round 7 a.m. with the helicopter suspended beneath. Reasonably the reverse hand, as it neared Tharu Camp, the MI-17 begun to lose stability caused by weight and wind conditions, forcing the pilot to launch the helicopter.”