Ranchi: Mystery shrouds the crash of a Dhruv helicopter in a forest on the Ranchi-Khunti border on October 19 last year, killing the pilot, co-pilot and a technician as the report on the mishap is yet to come.
Sources in Jharkhand police and Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited, which maintained the chopper, said they were waiting for the report of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DCGA) to know the reasons behind the crash. The chopper was on anti-Naxalite operation in the state and was used by the BSF.
The 16-seater chopper crashed in a paddy field inside the forest 11 minutes after it took off from Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi. The helicopter was on its way to Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district from where it had to ferry a 10-member team of the Union rural development ministry for review of progress of the welfare development work in Maoist-hit Saranda jungles.
02/11/12 Sanjay Ojha/Times of India
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Sources in Jharkhand police and Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited, which maintained the chopper, said they were waiting for the report of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DCGA) to know the reasons behind the crash. The chopper was on anti-Naxalite operation in the state and was used by the BSF.
The 16-seater chopper crashed in a paddy field inside the forest 11 minutes after it took off from Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi. The helicopter was on its way to Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district from where it had to ferry a 10-member team of the Union rural development ministry for review of progress of the welfare development work in Maoist-hit Saranda jungles.
02/11/12 Sanjay Ojha/Times of India
