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RAIPUR: In a sad incident, Chhattisgarh state chopper Augusta Westland AW-109 crashed whilst touchdown at the runway at Swami Vivekanand Airport Raipur leaving each the pilot and co-pilot lifeless on Thursday night time.
Senior pilot Captain Gopal Kumar Panda and co-pilot Captain A P Shrivastava succumbed to vital accidents they sustained within the crash. Each the pilots had been rushed to the personal clinic the place the docs declared introduced lifeless. There have been no passengers on board.
Consistent with a initial knowledge, the state helicopter used to be wearing out an evening flying, whilst it crashed sooner than touchdown, it appears owing to a couple technical snag at the runway. All departures/arrivals flights were suspended on the airport.
Consistent with the eye-wtinesses, it used to be with nice issue that each the pilots had been taken out of the crashed chopper. Whilst the senior pilot died at the spot, the co-pilot succumbed to his accidents whilst taken to a clinic.
Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed his grief. “Within the tragic incident, each our pilots Captain Panda and Captain Srivastava have died. Might God give sufficient energy to their members of the family and peace to the departed soul on this time of grief,@ he mentioned in a tweet.
The airport government had been reluctant to offer any commentary over the incident. An officer on the airport no longer accredited to talk to the media mentioned that it is a subject of investigation since neither the elements situation nor the night time touchdown facility on the airport may also be blamed. “That is the primary such incident that came about throughout the night time. The Director Common Civil Aviation and the state govt will probe into the incident,” he added.