Seven killed in helicopter crash in India’s Uttarakhand state | Aviation News

The incident comes days after an Air India plane crashed in the western Ahmedabad city, killing all but one of the 242 on board.

Seven people, including a toddler, have been killed in India’s northern Uttarakhand state when a helicopter ferrying them for a Hindu pilgrimage crashed in the Himalayas, officials say.

Officials from the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority told reporters the chopper took off at about 5:30am (00:00 GMT) on Sunday from the temple town of Kedarnath for…