A helicopter crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday, killing seven people on board. A two-year-old girl was among the dead, according to Indian media. Local officials said the helicopter was flying from the town of Kedarnath to Guptkashi,

A helicopter crash in the Indian Himalayas has killed seven Hindu pilgrims, just days after a separate Air India aircraft incident raised concerns over flight safety in the region.

Seven people have died in a helicopter crash in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials have said. According to local media reports, the aircraft was flying from Kedarnath along a popular Hindu pilgrimage route in the Himalayan mountains.