A helicopter carrying relief material to flood-hit areas crashed in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district after getting entangled in power lines on Wednesday. The helicopter was flying from Mori village to Moldi village in the Arakot valley when it crashed. Two of the three persons who were on board the helicopter have died and one is severely injured.

The State Disaster Response Force said the dead have been identified as Captain Lal, co-pilot Shailesh and a local person named Rajpal. A team of 10 members has been sent to the site of the crash.

The chopper, according to information available, crashed near Moldi while returning after distributing relief material among the affected people. It belonged to a company called Heritage Aviation.

A helicopter carrying relief material to flood-hit areas crashed in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district after getting entangled in power lines on Wednesday. The helicopter was flying from Mori village to Moldi village in the Arakot valley when it crashed. Two of the three persons who were on board the helicopter have died and one is severely injured.

The State Disaster Response Force said the dead have been identified as Captain Lal, co-pilot Shailesh and a local person named Rajpal. A team of 10 members has been sent to the site of the crash.

The chopper, according to information available, crashed near Moldi while returning after distributing relief material among the affected people. It belonged to a company called Heritage Aviation.