‘Chopper fuel tank had seven stones’

Mumbai: Reliance ADA Group chairman Anil Ambani’s workhorse, his Bell 412 helicopter, was allegedly sabotaged. ‘‘Around 4 pm, a technician noticed that the cover of one of the fuel tanks was not fitted properly. When he opened the lid, he found seven small stones inside,’’ said Somnath Ghughe, senior police inspector, airport police station.
A Bell 412 chopper has two fuel tanks with a combined capacity of 2,150 pounds and can fly for about two-and-a-half hours with full tanks.
The complaint filed by Sudhakar Surve, an Air Works official, stated that the stones could have entered the gear combine and caused serious damage to the aircraft while in flight.
24/04/09 Manju V & Vijay V Singh/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009, Indian Aviation- In General Apr 2009, Safety Apr 2009