Chatra: Seven people, including two crew members, were killed after a Beechcraft C90 air ambulance crashed in the forested Kasaria area of Chatra district in India’s Jharkhand state on Tuesday.
According to Global Mirror, the aircraft, operated by Redbird Airways, had taken off from Ranchi at 19:11 local time on a medical evacuation flight carrying a patient and medical staff. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot requested a deviation due to adverse weather conditions, and radar contact was lost approximately 23 minutes later.
Rescue teams, including medical personnel, reached the crash site in a remote and difficult-to-access area, but doctors declared all seven occupants dead. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has been dispatched to the site to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.
According to Global Mirror, the aircraft, operated by Redbird Airways, had taken off from Ranchi at 19:11 local time on a medical evacuation flight carrying a patient and medical staff. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot requested a deviation due to adverse weather conditions, and radar contact was lost approximately 23 minutes later.
Rescue teams, including medical personnel, reached the crash site in a remote and difficult-to-access area, but doctors declared all seven occupants dead. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has been dispatched to the site to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.