New Delhi: Pilot of a chopper with Haryana ex-chief minister BS Hooda on board was injured by the main rotor blade when the Agusta 109C was preparing to operate from Faridabad to Delhi on Thursday.
The pilot was standing outside the chopper during engine startup. Luckily the rotors were slow at that time and the pilot managed to duck in time, escaping with an injury on the forehead. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sent a team to Palli village of Faridabad where the chopper had landed and is now grounded there.
“An Agusta 109C helicopter (VT-ATA) chopper belonging to (Delhi-based) Aerotech Aviation operated a non-schedule (charter) flight from Delhi to Faridabad’s Palli village on Thursday. During return flight when the chopper engine started in Faridabad, one of the pilots got hurt on the forehead,” said a senior DGCA official. The operator had told the regulator that the pilot went to a local hospital for check-up and that ex-CM BS Hooda was on board the chopper at that time.
There is no damage to the helicopter, which is now grounded in Faridabad. “This kind of thing happens when safety instructions are not followed. Luckily there was no fatality and the pilot suffered a minor injury on the forehead. The pilot went into the danger area inadvertently, probably not assessing the situation prior to departure. A DGCA officer has been sent to the site for investigation. Details of this case are being ascertained,” the official added.
04/10/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The pilot was standing outside the chopper during engine startup. Luckily the rotors were slow at that time and the pilot managed to duck in time, escaping with an injury on the forehead. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sent a team to Palli village of Faridabad where the chopper had landed and is now grounded there.
“An Agusta 109C helicopter (VT-ATA) chopper belonging to (Delhi-based) Aerotech Aviation operated a non-schedule (charter) flight from Delhi to Faridabad’s Palli village on Thursday. During return flight when the chopper engine started in Faridabad, one of the pilots got hurt on the forehead,” said a senior DGCA official. The operator had told the regulator that the pilot went to a local hospital for check-up and that ex-CM BS Hooda was on board the chopper at that time.
There is no damage to the helicopter, which is now grounded in Faridabad. “This kind of thing happens when safety instructions are not followed. Luckily there was no fatality and the pilot suffered a minor injury on the forehead. The pilot went into the danger area inadvertently, probably not assessing the situation prior to departure. A DGCA officer has been sent to the site for investigation. Details of this case are being ascertained,” the official added.
04/10/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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