<p>Six pilgrims on board a private helicopter had a narrow escape on Monday when it crash-landed at a helipad close to the Himalayan shrine soon after takeoff.</p>.<p>The light helicopter had taken off for Fata from Kedarnath when it developed a technical snag, an official said.</p>.<p>The pilot then decided to land on the same helipad.</p>.<p>"While making an emergency landing, the helicopter landed rather heavily with one of its tail rotor blades digging into the helipad," Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Harish Chandra Sharma said.</p>.<p>All seven people onboard - the six pilgrims and the pilot - escaped unhurt, he said. They have been examined by doctors.</p>.<p>Monday's crash-landing comes a month after a fatal helicopter crash and another emergency landing in Uttarkashi district.</p>.<p>A helicopter engaged in relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttarkashi district crashed on August 21, killing two crew members and a local resident.</p>.<p>Two days later, the two-member crew of another helicopter had a close call in the same district.</p>.<p>It made an emergency landing on the banks of a Nagawada river near Tikochi when it was on the way to Chiwa to distribute relief material.</p>.<p>The helicopter, run by Aryan Aviation, was damaged and the pilot and the co-pilot suffered minor injuries</p>
<p>Six pilgrims on board a private helicopter had a narrow escape on Monday when it crash-landed at a helipad close to the Himalayan shrine soon after takeoff.</p>.<p>The light helicopter had taken off for Fata from Kedarnath when it developed a technical snag, an official said.</p>.<p>The pilot then decided to land on the same helipad.</p>.<p>"While making an emergency landing, the helicopter landed rather heavily with one of its tail rotor blades digging into the helipad," Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Harish Chandra Sharma said.</p>.<p>All seven people onboard - the six pilgrims and the pilot - escaped unhurt, he said. They have been examined by doctors.</p>.<p>Monday's crash-landing comes a month after a fatal helicopter crash and another emergency landing in Uttarkashi district.</p>.<p>A helicopter engaged in relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttarkashi district crashed on August 21, killing two crew members and a local resident.</p>.<p>Two days later, the two-member crew of another helicopter had a close call in the same district.</p>.<p>It made an emergency landing on the banks of a Nagawada river near Tikochi when it was on the way to Chiwa to distribute relief material.</p>.<p>The helicopter, run by Aryan Aviation, was damaged and the pilot and the co-pilot suffered minor injuries</p>