Six people on board an IAF helicopter escaped unhurt today after it crashed near the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath.
An MI-17 chopper of the Indian Air Force crashed at 8.20 AM while landing at the helipad in Kedarnath, Rudraprayag District Magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal said.
All the six people on board made a safe exit, he said.
The chopper was carrying heavy mechanical equipment from Guptkashi to Kedarnath for ongoing reconstruction work there, the district magistrate said.
A court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, official sources said in Delhi.
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