Poor weather could have played spoilsport, says eyewitness

On Friday, Y Joe Alias Kutty, who on Wednesday recorded the video of the helicopter, said to be the ill-fated one, apparently moments before it crashed, attributed bad weather and poor visibility to the mishap.Kutty (52) is a wedding photographer from the city and had recorded the video on his mobile phone. The video has since gone viral in the social media.He and his friend Nazar, along with the latter’s family, had gone to Katteri area for clicking photographs and out of curiosity, Joe had videographed the ill-fated helicopter.Noting that Nazar had come with his family members on a tour to Udhagamandalam (Ooty) that day, Kutty said they were walking along the mountain train track near Katteri as the women members were posing for photographs and videos.As he heard the sound of the helicopter, Kutty started shooting video and found the chopper disappearing into the fog and soon heard a big sound, the duo told reporters here.



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