The plane of a private charter ambulance flying from Birsa Munda Airport to Delhi crashed in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. There were seven people in it. All seven people on board the plane died. The team of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has left for the incident site. DGCA has also issued a statement on this incident.
DGCA issued statement
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has officially confirmed the accident. According to DGCA, the plane took off from Ranchi airport at 7:11 pm. The last contact of the aircraft during the flight was with Kolkata Air Traffic Control at 7:34 pm. After this, both radar and radio contact of the aircraft was lost. This contact ended about 100 nautical miles south-east of Varanasi. Earlier, initial information had come out about loss of contact with the plane.
News of crash received in Chatra-Simaria, Jharkhand
According to Varanasi Air Traffic Control (VEBN), the aircraft did not come into contact after entering their airspace. After this, the Rescue Coordination Center was activated at around 8:05 pm and the search operation was started. After some time, information about the crash of the plane was received in Chatra and Simaria border area of ​​Jharkhand. It is being told that at the time of the accident, it was raining in the area and the weather was bad. Due to which the plane got hit by bad weather. However, official confirmation regarding the weather will come only after investigation.
There were 7 people on board the plane
According to DGCA, there were a total of 7 people on board this plane, including 2 crew members. The search and rescue team of the district administration has reached the spot while the team of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is being sent to investigate the accident. The concerned agencies are monitoring the matter.
What did SP say on plane crash?
Chatra SP Sumit Kumar Aggarwal has confirmed that there were seven people on board the plane. The administration is present on the spot and the rescue operation is going on. Suspicious metal debris was recovered in Khasiatu Karamtand forest of Simaria police station area, which created a stir in the area. In preliminary discussions, there is a possibility of the air ambulance crashing. Parts like propeller and engine are visible in the debris found at the spot. As soon as the information was received, the local administration and police team started investigating.
There were 5 passengers including two pilots on board the plane
Information about the people on board the plane has also been revealed. There were two pilots in the plane (Captain Vivek Vikas Bilagat and Captain Sawardeep Singh). There were a total of 5 passengers on board the flight. In which the names of Sanjay Kumar – Patient, Archana Devi – Attendant, Dhuru Kumar – Attendant, Dr. Vikas Kumar Gupta Doctor, Sachin Kumar Mishra Paramedic have appeared.
