Pawan Hans Helicopter Crash: Pawan Hans helicopter with seven people onboard, crashed into the sea after it took off from Mayabunder in North and Middle Andaman district on Tuesday morning.
All people on the plane were rescued and admitted to a hospital, as per officials cited by news agency PTI. Civil Aviation Director Nitesh Rawat said, "A total of seven people were onboard, including the pilot. All are safe, and we are yet to take the statement of the pilot. All injured persons are under treatment at Dr Rajendra Prasad Hospital in Mayabunder. We are trying to bring the injured people to Sri Vijaya Puram."
Pawan Hans Helicopter Crash: How Did It Happen?
Pawan Hans Ltd is a central public sector undertaking based in Noida. "The helicopter landed at Rangat helipad around 0905 hours. It further took off from Rangat to Maya Bunder at around 0910 hours," Pawan Hans mentioned in its statement.
Shortly before reaching its destination at the Maya Bunder helipad in Middle Andaman Island, the helicopter ran into trouble and crashed into the shallow waters. "The helicopter ditched about 300 meters short of the Maya Bunder helipad in the sea (shallow water) at around 0930 hours," the statement added.
A preliminary inquiry revealed that there was some technical snag, and the pilot made a crash-landing on the sea, a senior Civil Aviation official told PTI.
The helicopter crash came after an air ambulance with seven people onboard crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Monday evening while en route to Delhi from Ranchi. The crash occurred after the aircraft took off from Ranchi airport around 7.10 pm.