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Trans Bharat Aviation grounds entire fleet after helicopter crash

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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A Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter crashed near Joshimath, killing six aboard.
The aircraft took off from Badrinath at 1:14 pm and lost contact near Hathi Parvat.
Army, police, SDRF and ITBP carried out rescue operations.
Authorities grounded the entire Trans Bharat Aviation fleet as a precaution.
An orange alert warned of thunderstorms, hail, gusty winds and heavy rain.

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Advocate V B Shankar Gowda, Karnataka High Court lawyer, was remembered for community service.
Educationist H S Nataraj led Vidya Bharati schools and owned a poultry farm in Huliyagiri.
Civil contractor Prathap Ningraju, Hassan native, recently joined Congress and eyed elections.
CCB Inspector Arun Salunke, 2007-batch officer who served in Delhi, was mourned by colleagues.
Before take-off, Prathap filmed a smiling mountain-view video that became his last message.

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DGCA ordered extra safety audits of Char Dham helicopter operators after the October crash.
UCADA CEO Prateek Jain announced a temporary grounding of Trans Bharat Aviation’s entire fleet pending investigation.
A parliamentary report flagged jurisdictional ambiguity between DGCA and UCADA as a systemic safety flaw.
2026 season measures require ceilometers at five sites, 750-hour hill-flying experience, and a 70% passenger-capacity limit.

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Trans Bharat Crash

A Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter crashed near Joshimath, killing six aboard.
The aircraft took off from Badrinath at 1:14 pm and lost contact near Hathi Parvat.
Army, police, SDRF and ITBP carried out rescue operations.
Authorities grounded the entire Trans Bharat Aviation fleet as a precaution.
An orange alert warned of thunderstorms, hail, gusty winds and heavy rain.

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