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Helicopter crashed inside seconds after takeoff, says safety guard deployed at Kedarnath helipad

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By PTI

GOPESHWAR: The helicopter that crashed close to Kedarnath on Tuesday killing seven individuals on board met with the accident hardly five-six seconds after taking off from the helipad close to the Himalayan temple.

The chopper of Aryan Aviation Pvt Ltd hit a hillock amid dense fog and crashed inside seconds after taking off close to Garurchatti which is barely two km from Kedarnath, Manohar Singh, a safety man deployed at Kedarnath helipad, mentioned.

The helicopter broke into items because it crashed and went up in flames, he mentioned.

“Nothing was visible at once due to the thick blanket of fog enveloping the area but everyone ran in the direction from where a huge sound of crash came,” he mentioned.

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As the fog thinned away, the helicopter was seen in flames and its items have been scattered everywhere in the slopes of Garurchatti, Singh mentioned.

Ankur Shukla, a priest who occurred to be at a distance from the crash web site on the time of the accident, mentioned when he noticed the flames emanating from a giant portion of the helicopter, he realised {that a} severe mishap had taken place.

Shukla received to know the small print of the crash when he returned to Kedarpuri.

Head of Six Sigma Healthcare agency Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj mentioned low visibility brought on by thick fog seems to have been the primary reason for the accident.

Heli companies within the space have elevated manifold of late however an identical safety and management mechanism has not but been developed.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) doesn’t have an workplace right here as but, he mentioned.

GOPESHWAR: The helicopter that crashed close to Kedarnath on Tuesday killing seven individuals on board met with the accident hardly five-six seconds after taking off from the helipad close to the Himalayan temple.

The chopper of Aryan Aviation Pvt Ltd hit a hillock amid dense fog and crashed inside seconds after taking off close to Garurchatti which is barely two km from Kedarnath, Manohar Singh, a safety man deployed at Kedarnath helipad, mentioned.

The helicopter broke into items because it crashed and went up in flames, he mentioned.

“Nothing was visible at once due to the thick blanket of fog enveloping the area but everyone ran in the direction from where a huge sound of crash came,” he mentioned.

ALSO READ | Cousin sisters amongst three girls from Gujarat killed in Uttarakhand chopper crash

As the fog thinned away, the helicopter was seen in flames and its items have been scattered everywhere in the slopes of Garurchatti, Singh mentioned.

Ankur Shukla, a priest who occurred to be at a distance from the crash web site on the time of the accident, mentioned when he noticed the flames emanating from a giant portion of the helicopter, he realised {that a} severe mishap had taken place.

Shukla received to know the small print of the crash when he returned to Kedarpuri.

Head of Six Sigma Healthcare agency Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj mentioned low visibility brought on by thick fog seems to have been the primary reason for the accident.

Heli companies within the space have elevated manifold of late however an identical safety and management mechanism has not but been developed.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) doesn’t have an workplace right here as but, he mentioned.