Dr. Bharat Gupta

Uttarakhand: A civil helicopter operated by Trans Bharat Aviation crashed in the Hathi Parvat area of Chamoli district on Friday while flying from Shri Badrinath Dham to the Sahastradhara helipad in Dehradun. Six people were on board, including five passengers and a pilot. All of them died in the craash. A team from the Army's Signal Center spotted smoke rising from the helicopter and saw it descending rapidly in the region.

Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt. Ltd.'s helicopter bearing call sign VT-HCX, operating from Badrinath to Sahastradhara, Dehradun, which took off at approximately 13:14 hours, has been reportedly missing. The helicopter lost communication when it was flying over Joshimath valley. At the same time, the tracking system could no longer track the helicopter, and its current location has not been ascertained yet. Immediately upon receiving information about the incident, teams from the Indian Army, District Administration, Chamoli, and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been mobilised and dispatched to initiate search and rescue operations: Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority As a precautionary measure, the entire fleet of M/s Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt. Ltd. has been grounded. Details of persons on board (Pilot + 5) Pilot: 1. Capt. Himanshu Passengers: 1. Prathapa (Male) 2. Arun (Male) 3. Shankar Gowda (Male) 4. Sudheer K (Male) 5. H.S. Natraja (Male)