Air Ambulance Crash: Air ambulance coming from Ranchi to Delhi crashes… 7 including patient-doctor killed, debris scattered in the forest

Ranchi: All seven people traveling in an air ambulance died in an air ambulance accident in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Monday evening and all the bodies have been recovered. The deceased included two pilots Captain Vivek and Captain Sabrajdeep, patient Sanjay Kumar, his wife Archana Devi, sister-in-law Dhruv Kumar, Dr. Vikas Kumar Gupta and a paramedic Sachin Kumar Mishra.

Chatra SP Sumit Aggarwal said today that all the bodies were recovered by late night. Redbird Airways Pvt going from Ranchi to Delhi. Ltd. The air ambulance took off from Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport at 7:11 pm yesterday. Contact with Kolkata ATC was lost at 7:34 pm. The Rescue Coordination Center was activated at 8:05 pm. Initial reports suggest bad weather was a possible cause. Late evening on Monday the weather suddenly changed. Strong wind and heavy rain had started. The aircraft had diverted to the right from its scheduled route and lost its way. Villagers told that around 7.45 in the night suddenly a loud bang was heard from the forest. The villagers were frightened by this.

According to information received from Devkamal Hospital, Ranchi, the air ambulance was arranged by one of their patients. Chandwa resident businessman Sanjay Kumar had suffered 65% burns six days ago. Five days ago, there was a fire in his Line Hotel in Palamu due to short circuit, due to which he slipped and got caught in the fire. He was admitted to Devkamal Hospital in Ranchi. As his condition became serious, he was being sent to Delhi. Deceased Sanjay has two sons. There is 17 year old Shubham and 13 year old Shivam.

DGCA and local administration are fully investigating this accident. In the initial report, bad weather is being said as the possible reason for the accident. Former Chief Minister and Raghuvar Das Champai Soren has expressed grief over this accident and said that he is saddened by the news of the crash of air ambulance going from Ranchi to Delhi in Simaria of Chatra district. A total of 7 people including crew members were on board this air ambulance. May Marang Buru grant peace to the departed souls and give strength to the family to bear this loss.