Reports quoted the locals as saying that the Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd Beechcraft C90 aircraft VT-AJV, which was operating a medical evacuation (air ambulance) flight, lost its balance before it crashed on Monday night.
The Beechcraft C90 had requested a weather deviation before contact was lost at 19:34 IST near Varanasi. Authorities are now focusing on black box recovery and flight data analysis.
The CM made the remarks after inaugurating the ‘PM Shri Aerial Tourism Helicopter Service’ at the Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal, on the occasion of the state’s 70th foundation day today.
The UP government has already procured air ambulances and helicopters on lease from a private aviation company, headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for each killed in bus accident.
The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has planned to develop a helicopter emergency medical service (EMS) at AIIMS Rishikesh helipad with targeted response time of 20 minutes.
A special team of doctors from a private hospital in Kolkata supervised Panigrahi’s airlifting, said officials.
