Six people, including five passengers and a pilot, were killed after a helicopter travelling from Badrinath to Sahastradhara crashed near Chai village, close to Joshimath in Uttarakhand, on Friday, officials said, reported the IANS.

The bodies of all six occupants have been recovered from the crash site by joint teams of the Uttarakhand Police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Indian Army. The teams launched search and rescue operations after receiving information about the accident.