Indian Air Force helicopter crashes in Kedarnath, six injured
Dehradun, Apr 3 (IBNS) : Six people, including two pilots, were injured on Tuesday morning after a Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed while landing in Kedarnath in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, media reports said quoting officials.
The helicopter was reportedly carrying construction materials.
“Reasons (behind the crash) are unknown but a probe (by the concerned agency) will perhaps pinpoint the reasons. All the six people on board, including two pilots, sustained minor injuries but are safe,” The Hindustan Times quoted Rudraprayag’s district magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal as saying.
The personnel of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering and local police swung into action soon after the Russian-origin transport helicopter crashed above the helipad located behind the Kedarnath shrine, the HT news said.
One of the rescue worker has been quoted as saying that the helicopter got entangled with an iron girder while landing and crashed as the pilots lost control.
assive reconstruction works have been going in the Kedarnath valley since 2013 where many hotels, rest houses and shops around the temple were destroyed in a devastating flood.
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