India, Oct. 30 -- Six people died on Friday after a helicopter, which took off from Badrinath and was headed for Dehradun, crashed near Jyotirmath (previously Joshimath) in Uttarakhand. As the chopper lost connection and crashed minutes after take-off at 1.14 pm, a massive rescue and search operation was launched to locate the missing aircraft.

The Army team, which arrived at the site of the crash at 3.30pm, found all six people on board had died at the spot. The helicopter, operated by Trans Bharat, was flying from Badrinath Dham to the Sahastradhara helipad. Follow LIVE Updates

The six people on board were identified as pilot Capt Himanshu Sabharwal, 48, a Delhi resident, and passengers Bachiali Nirajan, 41, Arun Salunke, 44, V B Shan...