Helicopter with 7 onboard crashes in India amid bad weather
Indian media cited Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, as saying that rescue and relief teams, including the State Disaster Response Force and local authorities, immediately launched operations at the crash site in the Gaurikund area. The helicopter wreckage was found after it had earlier gone missing.
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