NEW DELHI: Two pilots and an aircraft maintenance engineer are feared to have lost their lives in an Augusta 109 chopper crash near Pune. The chopper did not have any passengers. Further details are awaited and at this time the information is preliminary.
“Agusta 109 helicopter bearing registration VT-EVV of Heritage Aviation crashed approx 20 Nm from Oxford Helipad (Pune).There were two pilots and one AME onboard with nil passengers and initial reports suggest fatal injuries to all three crew onboard. The pilots were Capt Pillai and Capt Paramjit. These are preliminary details and further confirmation of details is being sought,” said a DGCA official.
“Agusta 109 helicopter bearing registration VT-EVV of Heritage Aviation crashed approx 20 Nm from Oxford Helipad (Pune).There were two pilots and one AME onboard with nil passengers and initial reports suggest fatal injuries to all three crew onboard. The pilots were Capt Pillai and Capt Paramjit. These are preliminary details and further confirmation of details is being sought,” said a DGCA official.
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