1 killed as Delhi-bound medical chartered flight crashes in Jharkhand, 7 people were aboard
The air ambulance, identified as Redbird Airways’ Beechcraft C90 (VT-AJV), crashed in Kasiyatu forest near Simaria, Chatra, in Jharkhand
The air ambulance, identified as Redbird Airways’ Beechcraft C90 (VT-AJV), crashed in Kasiyatu forest near Simaria, Chatra, in Jharkhand
The air ambulance, identified as Redbird Airways’ Beechcraft C90 (VT-AJV), crashed in Kasiyatu forest near Simaria, Chatra, in Jharkhand
The air ambulance, identified as Redbird Airways’ Beechcraft C90 (VT-AJV), crashed in Kasiyatu forest near Simaria, Chatra, in Jharkhand
A medical chartered flight heading to Delhi from Ranchi on Monday crashed in Simaria, near Jharkhand's Chatra, according to officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The air amblulance, identified as Redbird Airways’ Beechcraft C90 (VT-AJV), departed Ranchi at 7.07 pm, airlifting a patient to Delhi. Other occupants of the flight included a doctor, a paramedic, two attendants, a pilot in command and a co-pilot.
The flight, which was expected to land in Delhi around 10 pm, lost contact with Air Traffic Control at 7.34 pm and went off radar.
It was last tracked near Palamau and was later found to have crashed in Kasiyatu forest in Simaria, Chatra.
"The plane did not contact the Ranchi airport. The State has been informed about this. All necessary SOPs are being followed," ANI quoted airport sources as saying.
A probe has been ordered by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).