Probe begins into YSR helicopter crash

Hyderabad: Aviation and police authorities on Saturday began a probe into the helicopter crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.
Rajasekhara Reddy and four others on Wednesday.
A team of the Andhra Pradesh police Crime Investigation Department (CID) gathered mangled pieces of the helicopter that crashed into a hill in the dense Nallamalla forest in Kurnool district and brought them to the district collector's office in Kurnool town.
Kurnool district collector Mukesh Kumar Meena said the pieces and instruments would be handed over to a special investigation team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is likely to return here in a couple of days to inspect the crash site for further investigations.
District authorities Friday handed over to the team the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), which is likely to throw light on the cause of the crash.
"....The CVR along with ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) are the important instruments for the investigators," he said.
The collector said the CID was also conducting a probe into the crash. Police and anti-Maoist Greyhound forces continue to guard the crash site over a hillock Pavurala Gutta.
Police Friday registered a case of suspicious deaths following a complaint by a local official. The case under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code was registered at the Atmakur police station.
05/09/09 IANS/Times of India

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