A helicopter flying from Badrinath to Dehradun crashed near Joshimath in Chamoli district on Friday afternoon amid deteriorating weather conditions.
The aircraft, bearing call sign VT-HCX and operated by Trans Bharat Aviation, took off from Badrinath at around 1.14 pm carrying six people who remain untraced.
The state government deployed two UCADA helicopters alongside joint teams from the Army, ITBP, NDRF, SDRF, and police for simultaneous aerial and ground search operations.