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Helicopter being airlifted by MI-17 chopper crashes in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath

DNA Saturday, 31 August 2024
While lifting the helicopter in need of repair work, the MI-17 plane started losing its balance and sensing danger its pilot dropped the helicopter into an empty space in the the valley.
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