Overview

• Seven people, including a baby, were killed when the helicopter went down on June 15 in Uttarakhand’s high-altitude terrain
• The aircraft was carrying Hindu pilgrims back from Kedarnath shrine, situated at 3,584 meters above sea level
• Officials say poor weather and low visibility likely caused the chopper to lose control over the Himalayan slopes
• Uttarakhand authorities dispatched rescue teams immediately to reach the remote crash site and recover survivors
• The accident follows a June 12 Air India Boeing 787 crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 279 and echoes a May helicopter incident that claimed seven lives