India suffers more heartache as at least seven is killed in horror helicopter accident, just a few days after Air India Tragedy

India has suffered even more heartache, after at least seven people were killed today in a horrible helicopter crash, only a few days after the country had suffered its worst plane crash this century.

A helicopter with Hindu -Pelgrims from the Temple City of Kedarnath in the Noord -Indian is Uttarakhand to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage location in the Himalayas, only crashed a few minutes after departure.

The journey should have only lasted 10 minutes, but at 5.30 am at 5.30 a.m. crashed the local time from a dense forest area.

Authorities are now in the middle of a large search and rescue operation.

The tragic dead include the pilot, as well as pilgrims from the adjacent state of Uttar Pradesh and Western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Allegedly their bodies were heavily burned in a fire that flooded the plane after fire.

Tens of thousands of Hindu -Pelgrims travel to Kedarnath every summer.

Many of them use helicopters to prevent the tough journey through the difficult mountain site.

This photo shared by the police of Uttarakhand On the X platform shows rescuers who work on the site of a helicopter crash near Kedarnath, in Uttarakhand, India, Sunday, June 15, 2025

This hand -out photo taken on June 15, 2025 and released by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) of the Indian Uttarakhand -State shows smoke from the site of a choppercrash at Gaurikund

But unfortunately the accident is all too often and they are often caused by unpredictable weather and flight conditions at high altitudes.

It only comes a few days after Air India Flight AI171 minutes after taking off against a medical college in the city of Ahmedabad had crashed.

The crash of the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner is one of the deadliest in terms of the number of British nationals, and the first with a 787.

The only survivor of the disaster in the Air India has revealed how he ‘just walked away’ from the plane before it exploded in a fireball – As he admitted that it is a ‘miracle’ that he has left only minor injuries.

The British National Viswash Kumar Rameh, 40, said he was the best part of a year in India with his brother and returned to London, where his family live, in the Gatwick-bound plane on Thursday.

He was in 11a during the doomed flight from Ahmedabad, which is said to be one of the worst in India’s aviation history, after he had claimed the life of 279 people so far.

Among the victims who are probably dead, including 53 British nationals, is the brother of 40-year-old Ajay Kumar, 35, who was killed in the Fireball explosion on the other side of the aisle in the chair 11y.

Vishwash, which is being treated at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad, just a short distance from where the plane crashed into buildings, spoke about the moment he escaped from the burning aircraft.

While he sat down on a hospital bed, he told DD India that he “felt better than yesterday” and that the “treatment goes well.”

Still in shock, he admitted that he “can’t explain” what he saw when the plane dropped to the ground.

He managed to escape after his side of the plane fell on the floor of a floor building, forcing his way out of the plane through a broken door before he was assisted by the local population and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

“The emergency door was broken, my chair is broken,” he said.

The only surviving Vishwash Kumar Rameh, 40, was visited yesterday by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the hospital

Amazing images showed the man away from the stage with some visible injuries to his face

The plane disappeared from sight behind trees and buildings before a huge fireball on the horizon broke out in this horrible clip

A video posted on social media seemed to show the aircraft in a controlled way with a high nose corner and the landing gear that has been used

Asked if he escaped the plane by jumping on the floor, he replied: “I don’t jump. I just walked in. ‘

“It’s a miracle,” he said when discussing his survival and injuries.

His doctor added: ‘He only has slight injuries. He has some scrapes over his left forearm and swelling over the left eyelid and over the eyes.

‘Chest and belly are clear, there are no lung fractures present. The patient is vital. ‘

He added that Vishwash had not complained about nausea, vomiting or any form of fever.