00:00An unfortunate news coming in this hour on the Uttarakhand chopper crash.
00:04We can confirm for you that all six on board that chopper are dead.
00:09The bodies of all six individuals, including the pilot, have been recovered from the crash site.
00:14Joint teams from the police, SDRF and the army are engaged in rescue operations at the site.
00:19Inclement Mether has made this rescue operation extremely difficult.
00:24The image is on your screens there of the debris that was found by rescue teams.
00:28It took quite some time for them to identify exactly where the wreckage was because of the poor weather.
00:35But now they found the wreckage and confirmed that there were no survivors unfortunately.
00:39There was some hope that maybe one or two of those on board the chopper did manage to survive.
00:47Considering that the debris hadn't been found and there was no real clarity on exactly where the crash had taken
00:52place.
00:53But now the footage on your screens confirming that yes, the wreckage has been found and there have been no
00:58survivors.
00:59Six on board including the pilot, all deceased unfortunately in that particular crash that's taken place.
01:06This was in an inaccessible spot.
01:09The bad weather made it all the more difficult for rescue teams to get there.
01:13But you see on your screens also the footage that emerged where you see the chopper in the skies and
01:18then just disappears.
01:19Because of all the clouds in the area, there was heavy rain too when the chopper took off.
01:25Obviously there are a lot of questions being asked on exactly what happened.
01:28If it was due to bad weather, who gave the clearance for the chopper to fly in such inclement weather
01:33conditions?
01:34There will also be questions done about whether the chopper was fully serviced, whether it had the necessary registrations and
01:41NOCs to be flying.
01:43All of those questions will come up now with the investigation also picking up pace.
01:48But Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is also reportedly tracking very, very closely the rescue efforts that are underway.
01:55All the bodies, the mortal remains of the six who were on board that chopper have been recovered by the
02:01rescue teams.
02:02It's taken quite a bit of time because one was of course to find the wreckage, to find the debris
02:08itself was a challenge considering the poor visibility in this heavy rain and also because of the terrain in that
02:17particular area.
02:18While aerial surveys did help in identifying the location, then getting to the spot itself was a challenge because as
02:24you can see on your screens there,
02:26this particular wreckage was found right off a cliff in the middle of a lot of green cover.
02:32Let me bring in Ankit for more details on this.
02:35Ankit, unfortunate news coming in that all six are on board, including the pilot, passed away, died in that particular
02:42crash.
02:42The wreckage, we understand, has been found.
02:44The bodies have also been recovered.
02:46But any details that have emerged on the circumstances that led to this crash?
02:50Was it just poor weather?
02:54Well, it's a very tragic incident this afternoon we have come across and so far as for the latest updates,
03:00six bodies have been recovered and the administration is evacuating the area so far.
03:06So far in the horrendous visuals, we can see that the tail rotter is lying over there and the rest
03:11of the debris are also burnt into ashes.
03:15We can see a ruptured part of the bodies lying over there as well.
03:20These images are very heart-wrenching so far.
03:23The investigation is yet to begin and only after primary relief probe comes to the fore, then we'll get to
03:32know what is the reason behind this accident and it led to killing of six people on board.
03:39This afternoon, we got information that a chopper flying from Badrinath has gone missing and there was no communication whatsoever.
03:49The Indian Army teams and SDRF went to search for the chopper and unfortunately all six people on board are
03:57dead and the bodies have also been recovered.
03:59Okay, Ankit, thanks for that update.
04:01We will track very closely what the investigation also throws up in this particular crash.
