During this delay, the assigned crew reached the limit of their Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) -- a rule that restricts the number of hours airline crew members can work for safety reasons.
Five adults, one infant and one crew member were on board the Aryan Aviation's Bell 407 helicopter operating in the "Shri Kedarnath Ji - Aryan Helipad, Guptkashi" sector that crashed on Sunday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.
"We have established contact with the next of kin/relatives of all passengers and crew members, expressing our condolences and helping them with the next steps. Over 400 family members have reached Ahmedabad and are being assisted by our teams on the ground," it said.
Aryan Aviation's Bell 407 helicopter (Reg. VT-BKA), operating the sector "Shri Kedarnath Ji - Aryan Helipad, Guptkashi," was involved in a tragic accident today. There were five passengers, one infant, and one crew member on board, said a statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Sund
In a rare moment of shared mourning, people across Manipur -- still reeling from ongoing ethnic unrest -- have come together to grieve the tragic loss of two young women from the state who were among the ten cabin crew members killed in the recent Air India crash in Ahmedabad.
Deepak Pathak, a resident of Maharashtra's Thane, lost his life in the AI 171 plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Pathak was among the cabin crew of the flight which was bound for London's Gatwick airport from Ahmedabad.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday expressed its condolences to the bereaved families over the loss of lives in the crash of Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight from Ahmedabad to London, which had 242 passengers and crew members on board.
"Air India has not informed us of anything. I got the information only through social media, like the crash happened, and other things. I got information on that, but after that, what was to be done or what would happen, we were not told. No one from Air India came to our house to tell ab
Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad has recovered a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) from the debris of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, killing all passengers and crew members except one.
A total of 241 people onboard the Boeing 787-8, Air India flight 171, including 12 crew members, have died in the deadly Ahmedabad plane crash, Air India confirmed post-midnight on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met the lone survivor of the Air India plane crash at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. The crash, which occurred a day earlier, left 241 dead out of the 242 people on board.