Another Air Crash Happens in India, Kills 7 People Including 10 Year Old Girl

• Another air crash has occurred in India, killing 7 people, including a 10-year-old girl, according to the country's aviation authorities
• The crashed aircraft is a helicopter belonging to Aryan Aviation, and it was flying from Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi
• The seven occupants, including the pilot of the aircraft which crashed into the forest, have been identified

Another air incident has happened in India just days after the country experienced a plane crash that took many lives.

This time around, the air crash involves a helicopter which was travelling from Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi.

According to available reports, the helicopter belongs to Aryan Aviation, and it crashed into the jungles of Gaurikund.

All seven people in the helicopter have been reported dead, according to a news report by India Today.

The outlet reports that the occupants of the helicopter include a 10-year-old girl who also died.

Passengers on board the helicopter have been identified as Rajveer – Pilot, Vikram Rawat, Vinod, Trishti Singh, Rajkuma, Shraddha, and Rashi, who is a 10-year-old girl.

Photos seen online showed rescue workers clearing debris on the site of the crash.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami confirmed the development in a post on X and expressed sadness over the news.

"Extremely sad news has been received about the helicopter crash in Rudraprayag district. SDRF, local administration, and other rescue teams are engaged in relief and rescue operations."

Another government official in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, also commented on the development on X.

The chief minister said:

"Most distressingly, another civil aviation tragedy was reported this morning, this time from Uttarakhand, in the Kedarnath - Gaurikund - Guptakashi region. 7 people were on board including a child and the pilot, and there has been a reported crash with worst being feared by media. While we await the results of rescue and search operations, my prayers go out for each one on board."

According to reports, the helicopter went off course and crashed due to severe weather conditions.

The helicopter crash happened days after India experienced a devastating air crash, which killed 241 people onboard Air India plane.

What to know about Air India co-pilot

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that one of the lives claimed in the Air India plane crash that happened on Thursday is that of First Officer Clive Kunder.

First Officer Clive Kunder was the co-pilot who manned the Air India flight Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed.

Kunder, who has 1100 hours of flying experience, was assisting Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and both of them died.

His former teacher said:

"Clive was very brilliant student, very disciplined, very punctual, intelligent... His work was very neat, clean, very systematic, said Ms Urvashi, who thinks his "disciplined nature made him a successful pilot. It was really heartbreaking to talk about him. It's very difficult for me to digest the news also that such a lively young boy wanted to make a career, wanted to live his life very happily, very disciplined, very punctual, very intelligent boy. It was very difficult for me."

Source: Legit.ng