Helicopter With Six Aboard Goes Missing Near Joshimath, India; Crash Feared – Video

A Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter carrying six people, including the pilot, has reportedly gone missing near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, India, amid fears it crashed on Friday, October 30.

Initial reports said the helicopter was returning from Badrinath towards Dehradun. The Times of India reported that two other helicopters had joined a search operation.

India TV reported a crash and identified the five passengers by their first names as Chandrakant, Rajshree, Dinesh, Akash and Atharv. It named the pilot as Himanshu.

The condition of those aboard had not been confirmed in the initial reports. Accounts differed on whether a crash had been established or the helicopter remained missing.