Remains of all six people who died in helicopter crash near Joshimath recovered

The bodies of all six people who died in the helicopter crash near Joshimath in Uttarakhand were recovered on Sunday (November 1, 2026) morning. According to the Chamoli district administration, all the bodies have been sent to the AIIMS hospital located in Rishikesh.

This accident took place on Friday (October 30). A helicopter returning to Dehradun from Badrinath Dham crashed on a hill near Chai village in Joshimath. Search and rescue operations were launched following the accident.

The bodies were first brought by road to the Community Health Center (CHC) in Joshimath. According to officials, after completing the necessary legal procedures, all the bodies were sent to AIIMS Rishikesh by helicopter. Meanwhile, family members and relatives of the deceased also reached there.

A statement issued by the district administration on Sunday stated that this search operation was conducted under extremely challenging conditions. Given that the hilly terrain is at a very high altitude and difficult to reach, teams of the Indian Army, ITBP, SDRF, NDRF, police, district administration, and the forest department jointly carried out this operation.

The administration's statement further added, "The remains of all six deceased persons were retrieved by rescue teams by walking on foot along difficult mountain trails." Rescue operations were launched following Friday's accident, but due to the difficult geographical location of the area and mountain trails, it took more than 24 hours to complete this operation.

According to a report by The Hindu, the remains of all six people have been recovered in this incident and rescue teams achieved this success by working under difficult conditions.