Airports in India have been put on a heightened state of alert, and the rest of the country is on a general alert, following the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in neighboring Pakistan.

The wreckage of the Pawan Hans AS350 B-3 helicopter carrying an Indian cabinet minister and four others was found May 4 after disappearing Saturday morning. There were no survivors. The Indian government issued a statement saying that the chief minister of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu was among the victims; according to reports, family members identified his body at the crash site. The bodies of the other four occupants have been recovered, according to local reports, but could not be identified immediately.

India’s national flag carrier Air India canceled 185 flights on Tuesday due to the ongoing strike by about 800 of its pilots. According to a senior Air India official, the airline managed to operate about 40 flights on the domestic network on the seventh day of the strike. The strike has so far caused a direct loss of about 700 million rupees ($15.6 million) to the already cash-strapped airline.