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Jharkhand: All 7 passengers dead after air ambulance crashes in Chatra

In Jharkhand, all seven people on board an ambulance headed for Delhi from Ranchi have been confirmed dead, hours after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Chatra district on Monday night. Earlier reports had indicated one fatality, but Chatra Deputy Commissioner Keerthishree G later said that all those on board died in the incident.he deceased persons have been identified as 41-year-old Sanjay Kumar, the patient who was being transported for treatment with 63 per cent burn injuries, Dr Vikas Kumar Gupta, paramedic Sachin Kumar Mishra, two attendants, Archana Devi and Dhuru Kumar, and two crew members, Vivek Vikas Bhagat and Savrajdeep Singh, both captains.The Beechcraft C90 aircraft VT-AJV, operated by Delhi-based Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, took off from Ranchi's Birsa Munda Airport at 7:11pm, according to a statement from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

The Beechcraft C90 aircraft, registered as VT-AJV and operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, was flying a medical evacuation mission from Ranchi to Delhi when it went down in Kasaria Panchayat of Chatra district shortly after takeoff. The flight had departed Ranchi at 7:11 pm and was scheduled to land in Delhi around 10 pm.According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the aircraft lost communication and radar contact with Kolkata at 7:34 pm, approximately 100 nautical miles south-east of Varanasi.


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