Six pilgrims on board a private helicopter had a narrow escape on Monday when it crash-landed at a helipad close to the Himalayan shrine soon after takeoff.
The light helicopter had taken off for Fata from Kedarnath when it developed a technical snag, an official said.
The pilot then decided to land on the same helipad.
“While making an emergency landing, the helicopter landed rather heavily with one of its tail rotor blades digging into the helipad,” Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Harish Chandra Sharma said.
All seven people onboard – the six pilgrims and the pilot – escaped unhurt, he said. They have been examined by doctors.
