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Copter crash: DGCA orders enquiry
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI,
MARCH 31.
The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered an enquiry into the helicopter crash that took place near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh today in which three persons, including two Haryana Ministers were killed.
The Joint Director in the DGCA, P.K. Chattopadhyay, has been appointed the Inspector of Accidents to head the enquiry, official sources said.
The ill-fated helicopter, VTVYJ type B-120, of India Flying Safe Aviation Limited (Jindal Group) took off from Chandigarh at 11.32 a.m. and landed at Rajinder Park helipad to pick its passengers en route Delhi. It reported over Sarswa Air Traffic Control near Saharanpur at 12.17 noon.
ATC asked the copter to report when he was 15 metres out of Sarsawa, after which the copter lost contact. The crash site is reported to be 25 km from tehsil Nakud.
The pilot was Col. T.S. Chauhan who had been checked and certified by Eurocopter in December 2004.
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