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  • Helicopter crashed inside seconds after takeoff, says safety guard deployed at Kedarnath helipad

    Via PTI

    GOPESHWAR: The helicopter that crashed close to Kedarnath on Tuesday killing seven other folks on board met with the coincidence infrequently five-six seconds after starting off from the helipad close to the Himalayan temple.

    The chopper of Aryan Aviation Pvt Ltd hit a hillock amid dense fog and crashed inside seconds after starting off close to Garurchatti which is only two km from Kedarnath, Manohar Singh, a safety guy deployed at Kedarnath helipad, mentioned.

    The helicopter broke into items because it crashed and went up in flames, he mentioned.

    “Not anything was once visual directly because of the thick blanket of fog enveloping the world however everybody ran within the route from the place an enormous sound of crash got here,” he mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Cousin sisters amongst 3 ladies from Gujarat killed in Uttarakhand chopper crash

    Because the fog thinned away, the helicopter was once noticed in flames and its items had been scattered far and wide the slopes of Garurchatti, Singh mentioned.

    Ankur Shukla, a clergyman who took place to be at a distance from the crash web page on the time of the coincidence, mentioned when he noticed the flames emanating from a large portion of the helicopter, he realised {that a} severe mishap had taken position.

    Shukla were given to understand the main points of the crash when he returned to Kedarpuri.

    Head of Six Sigma Healthcare company Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj mentioned low visibility brought about via thick fog seems to had been the primary reason for the coincidence.

    Heli services and products within the house have higher manifold of overdue however an identical safety and keep an eye on mechanism has now not but been evolved.

    The Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) does now not have an place of business right here as but, he mentioned.

    GOPESHWAR: The helicopter that crashed close to Kedarnath on Tuesday killing seven other folks on board met with the coincidence infrequently five-six seconds after starting off from the helipad close to the Himalayan temple.

    The chopper of Aryan Aviation Pvt Ltd hit a hillock amid dense fog and crashed inside seconds after starting off close to Garurchatti which is only two km from Kedarnath, Manohar Singh, a safety guy deployed at Kedarnath helipad, mentioned.

    The helicopter broke into items because it crashed and went up in flames, he mentioned.

    “Not anything was once visual directly because of the thick blanket of fog enveloping the world however everybody ran within the route from the place an enormous sound of crash got here,” he mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Cousin sisters amongst 3 ladies from Gujarat killed in Uttarakhand chopper crash

    Because the fog thinned away, the helicopter was once noticed in flames and its items had been scattered far and wide the slopes of Garurchatti, Singh mentioned.

    Ankur Shukla, a clergyman who took place to be at a distance from the crash web page on the time of the coincidence, mentioned when he noticed the flames emanating from a large portion of the helicopter, he realised {that a} severe mishap had taken position.

    Shukla were given to understand the main points of the crash when he returned to Kedarpuri.

    Head of Six Sigma Healthcare company Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj mentioned low visibility brought about via thick fog seems to had been the primary reason for the coincidence.

    Heli services and products within the house have higher manifold of overdue however an identical safety and keep an eye on mechanism has now not but been evolved.

    The Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) does now not have an place of business right here as but, he mentioned.

  • AAIB, DGCA groups to probe Uttarakhand helicopter crash 

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Groups of the Airplane Twist of fate Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and aviation regulator DGCA shall be probing the helicopter crash close to Kedarnath in Uttarakhand that killed seven pilgrims on Tuesday, in keeping with a senior reliable.

    The operator of the ill-fated helicopter – Aryan Aviation – had come beneath the regulatory scanner and used to be fined Rs 5 lakh just lately through the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for sure violations.

    The senior DGCA reliable mentioned the groups of AAIB and DGCA have already left for the web page.

    It’s an coincidence as consistent with the classification of the World Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), and AAIB shall be probing the case, the reliable added.

    The Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) can also be investigating the coincidence.

    The chopper – Bell 407 (VT-RPN) – operated through Aryan Aviation burst into flames at round 11.45 am at Dev Darshini in Garud Chatti, Rudraprayag District Crisis Control Officer Nandan Singh mentioned.

    NEW DELHI: Groups of the Airplane Twist of fate Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and aviation regulator DGCA shall be probing the helicopter crash close to Kedarnath in Uttarakhand that killed seven pilgrims on Tuesday, in keeping with a senior reliable.

    The operator of the ill-fated helicopter – Aryan Aviation – had come beneath the regulatory scanner and used to be fined Rs 5 lakh just lately through the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for sure violations.

    The senior DGCA reliable mentioned the groups of AAIB and DGCA have already left for the web page.

    It’s an coincidence as consistent with the classification of the World Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), and AAIB shall be probing the case, the reliable added.

    The Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) can also be investigating the coincidence.

    The chopper – Bell 407 (VT-RPN) – operated through Aryan Aviation burst into flames at round 11.45 am at Dev Darshini in Garud Chatti, Rudraprayag District Crisis Control Officer Nandan Singh mentioned.

  • A couple of Folks Useless After Helicopter Crash In West Virginia: Experiences

    LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — A couple of other folks had been killed when a helicopter crashed in West Virginia on Wednesday, in step with information shops.

    The identities weren’t showed, however Ray Bryant, leader of operations for Logan Emergency Control, advised WSAZ-TV they weren’t native citizens.

    The Vietnam-era helicopter was once based totally on the Logan airport and used for tourism flights, he mentioned.

    The Federal Aviation Management mentioned a Bell UH-1B helicopter crashed close to Course 17 in Logan County round 5 p.m. with six other folks on board. The FAA and the Nationwide Transportation Protection Board will examine.

    Bryant mentioned the helicopter was once on fireplace when crews arrived, and firefighters extinguished the flames. The street was once anticipated to stay closed for no less than 24 hours.

  • Helicopter crash at Raipur airport; two pilots lifeless

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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.

  • Police Helicopter Crash Kills 1 Officer, Injures Every other At California Seaside

    A southern California police officer is lifeless and a 2d is gravely injured following a helicopter crash south of Los Angeles, government stated.

    The police airplane went down in Newport Seaside’s harbor on Saturday night, killing 44-year-old Huntington Seaside Police Officer Nicholas Vellas, who was once a married father. A 2d officer who was once touring with him was once taken to a sanatorium and is in crucial situation, police stated at a press convention on Saturday. That officer was once no longer instantly recognized.

    “It is a tricky night time for all folks and I might ask to your prayers and your make stronger as we make stronger the officials’ circle of relatives and as we proceed to grieve,” Huntington Seaside Police Leader Eric Parra stated on the press convention.

    The officials have been responding to a “disturbance battle name” alongside the seashore, stated Parra. Newport Seaside Police Leader Jon T. Lewis stated government’ emergency reaction to the helicopter crash got here “instantaneously.”

    The crash befell simply hours after a separate helicopter crash in Miami Seaside, Florida. That incident, by which the descending airplane got here inside of yards of hitting beachgoers, reportedly left two of 3 passengers with damaged backs. Video shared via the Miami Seaside Police Division on Twitter displays the helicopter splashing down into the water as other folks dot the within sight sand and water.

    Each incidents are beneath investigation via the Nationwide Transportation Protection Board, government stated.

    Within the later Newport Seaside crash, Parra stated it’s no longer transparent what “led to the airplane to develop into disabled.” The police power’s helicopters, which steadily go through repairs, had been pulled for inspection prior to they are going to be used once more, he stated on the press convention.

    “It’s a deadly career, flying is terribly bad, regulation enforcement is terribly bad, so you’ll’t account for each mechanical factor and I don’t know that this was once mechanical or no longer however I comprehend it was once a major problem,” he stated. “However we’ll in finding out what that factor was once or problems have been and we will be able to unravel them so we don’t have equivalent long term incidents.”

  • Helicopter Crashes Into Ocean Close to Miami Seaside

    A helicopter with 3 other people on board crashed into the sea with regards to the Miami Seaside coastline in Florida on Saturday afternoon.

    Video of the incident presentations the airplane’s downward trajectory with regards to dozens of beachgoers within the ocean and at the sand.

    Nobody within the water was once injured, even though the spokesperson added that if the helicopter had crashed handiest 50 yards nearer to the shore, it might were a “mass casualty tournament.”