The helicopter that crashed near Kedarnath on Tuesday killing seven people on board met with the accident hardly five-six seconds after taking off from the helipad near the Himalayan temple.

The chopper of Aryan Aviation Pvt Ltd hit a hillock amid dense fog and crashed within seconds after taking off near Garurchatti which is barely two km from Kedarnath, Manohar Singh, a security man deployed at Kedarnath helipad, said.