On Friday, October 30, 2026, in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand state, a helicopter that was carrying six individuals, including five passengers and a pilot, met with an accident in the vicinity of Chai village. The plane was flying from Badrinath Dham to Sahastradhara in Dehradun through the adverse weather conditions in the valley of ...

A helicopter that had previously made an emergency landing due to technical issues in May, crashed near the Mandakini River in Lincholi in Kedarnath while being airlifted by an Indian Air Force MI-17 chopper. The incident, captured on camera, resulted in no injuries. Officials reported that the MI-17 was transporting the defective private helicopter to ...