ANI：印度喜馬拉雅山區邦直升機墜毀，6人死亡

新德里，10月30日（路透社）——ANI通訊社引述北阿坎德邦民航主管機關一名官員報導，印度喜馬拉雅山區的北阿坎德邦週五發生直升機墜毀事故，造成6人死亡。NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in the Indian Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Friday, news agency ANI reported, citing an official from the state's civil aviation authority.

北阿坎德邦民航發展局（Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority，UCADA）在聲明中表示，這架直升機當時正從位於山區、印度教徒重要朝聖地巴德里納特（Badrinath）飛往德拉敦市（Dehradun）。The helicopter was flying from Badrinath, a prominent pilgrimage destination for Hindus located in the mountains, to Dehradun city, the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) said in a statement.

ANI引述UCADA執行長普拉蒂克・賈恩（Prateek Jain）報導，機上6人全數罹難，包括5名乘客和飛行員。All six people on board the chopper, including five passengers and the pilot, were killed, ANI reported, citing UCADA's Chief Executive Officer Prateek Jain.

該主管機關表示：「直升機飛越喬希馬特谷地（Joshimath valley）時失去通訊。與此同時，追蹤系統也無法再追蹤這架直升機。」"The helicopter lost communication while it was flying over Joshimath valley. At the same time, the tracking system could no longer track the helicopter," the authority said.

該機關補充說，營運商Trans Bharat Aviation的整支機隊已「作為預防措施」停飛。The entire fleet of the operator, Trans Bharat Aviation, had been grounded "as a precautionary measure", it added.

對於這起事件，該營運商未立即回應路透社的採訪請求。The operator did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the incident.

官員表示，地區行政單位、災害管理團隊和當地部隊已展開聯合搜救行動。A joint search and rescue operation was carried out by the district administration, disaster management teams and troops in the region, officials said.

電視頻道報導，救援團隊已趕赴墜機現場，當地可見火光與濃煙。TV channels said that rescue teams had rushed to the site of the crash and fire and smoke were visible there.

（希坦・穆克吉、阿比吉特・加納帕瓦拉姆採訪報導；薩克希・達亞爾撰稿；YP拉傑什、安德烈亞・里奇編輯）(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee and Abhijith Ganapavaram ; Writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh and Andrea Ricci )