IAF helicopter crashes in Uttar Pradesh, 7 dead
LUCKNOW: At least 7 people were dead after an advanced air force chopper crashed in a field near Sitapur on Friday evening.
According to reports, the advanced landing chopper-307 was on its way to Allahabad from Bareilly when it crashed in a field in village Ahirwa in Sitapur district, around 70 Kms away from the state capital.
District magistrate, Sitapur, JP Singh confirmed that the pilot, co-pilot and five people on board the chopper were killed in the crash. He said that the chopper was completely burned and there was no possibility of anyone surviving the crash. At the same time, fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire.
According to reports, the incident happened around 5pm after the chopper lost the link with both the Bakshi-Ka-Talab (BKT) Air Traffic Control (ATC) as well as the one in Lucknow airport. The chopper was tracked from ATC of air force station in Delhi until evening when suddenly the link withthe aircraft was lost.
According to reports, the advanced landing chopper-307 was on its way to Allahabad from Bareilly when it crashed in a field in village Ahirwa in Sitapur district, around 70 Kms away from the state capital.
District magistrate, Sitapur, JP Singh confirmed that the pilot, co-pilot and five people on board the chopper were killed in the crash. He said that the chopper was completely burned and there was no possibility of anyone surviving the crash. At the same time, fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire.
According to reports, the incident happened around 5pm after the chopper lost the link with both the Bakshi-Ka-Talab (BKT) Air Traffic Control (ATC) as well as the one in Lucknow airport. The chopper was tracked from ATC of air force station in Delhi until evening when suddenly the link withthe aircraft was lost.