PUNE: Three individuals, together with two pilots and an engineer, died after a helicopter crashed within the Bavdhan space of Pune on Wednesday morning.
The helicopter, an Augusta 109 VT-EVV owned by Delhi-based Heritage Aviation, took off from the Oxford Golf Membership helipad round 7am.
The Augusta 109, a twin-engine chopper with a seating capability of six, was en path to Juhu in Mumbai when it crashed round 5 minutes after takeoff.Sources stated that low visibility situations might have led to the crash in a hilly space of Bavdhan.
Emergency companies have been shortly dispatched to the location, with 4 hearth brigade autos from Pune and PMRDA, together with an ambulance. Pune hearth officers have confirmed the probability of casualties however are awaiting additional affirmation.
The chopper had flown NCP state president Sunil Tatkare to Beed on Tuesday. It got here again to the Oxford Golf Membership helipad within the metropolis at round 6pm for an evening halt.
The crash follows one other helicopter accident in August in Pune’s Paud space, the place 4 individuals have been injured.
The DGCA might be holding an in depth investigation into the causes which led to the crash.
