Sunil Tatkare had flown within the helicopter solely a day earlier than
Pune:
Two former Air Pressure pilots and an engineer have been killed after a helicopter belonging to a personal aviation firm crashed and caught fireplace close to Pune metropolis on Wednesday morning, police stated. The chopper, belonging to Delhi-based Heritage Aviation, had been employed by the Nationalist Congress Celebration, stated its Maharashtra unit chief and MP Sunil Tatkare. He had flown within the helicopter solely a day earlier than, and was imagined to journey by it once more on Wednesday, he advised the information company PTI.
The chopper took off from Oxford County Golf Course helipad close to Pune and was heading to Juhu in Mumbai when it crashed at 7.40 am, police stated.
The crash passed off close to a hilly terrain in Bavdhan space, near the golf course and a few 25 km from Pune metropolis, police stated.
The victims have been recognized as pilot Paramjeet Singh (62), co-pilot G Ok Pillai (57), each retired from the Indian Air Pressure; and plane upkeep engineer Pritam Kumar Bhardwaj (53), police stated.
An official from the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated the incident passed off at 7.40 am. It was an Agusta 109 helicopter belonging to Heritage Aviation, he confirmed.
After the crash, the chopper caught fireplace, police stated, including that fireplace tenders and water tankers have been rushed to the spot.
The helicopter had taken off from the helipad of Oxford County Golf Course round 7.30 am, Pimpri Chinchwad Joint Commissioner of Police Shashikant Mahavarkar stated.
Main data advised fog led to the accident however an in depth investigation will confirm the precise trigger, he added.
Talking to PTI over cellphone, NCP MP Tatkare stated the incident was unlucky.
“I’m deeply saddened by the incident. The helicopter was employed by our get together, and on Tuesday, I had flown in it to Parli in Beed district. Right now, I used to be imagined to fly from Mumbai to Raigad (his constituency) in the identical helicopter,” he stated.
On August 24, a personal helicopter flying from Mumbai to Hyderabad had crashed in Paud space close to Pune, however its occupants survived.
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