New Delhi, May 24: An air ambulance coming from Patna with seven individuals, together with a mind haemorrhage affected person, on board, needed to make a pressured touchdown in a discipline on Delhi’s outskirts, after each of its engines failed. The aviation regulator has ordered a probe into the incident.
The air ambulance – a six-seater Beechcraft’s King Air C-90A plane (VT-EQO) was solely round 9 kilometres away from Delhi airport, when the engine malfunction led it to as an alternative touchdown close to Najafgarh village in west Delhi at round 2.40 p.m.
An airport official mentioned that pilots have been in fixed contact with the ATC (air visitors management) and had requested permission for an emergency touchdown.
“Nevertheless, moments afterwards, the turboprop plane needed to make a pressured landing when it was solely 9 kilometres away from the runway quantity 10 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport,” the official mentioned.
One of many seven occupants, recognized as Bhagwan Rai, 60, obtained accidents and was rushed to Rao Tula Ram Memorial hospital, the place his situation is acknowledged to be steady.
“Bhagwan had acquired minor abrasion on his head and a few accidents on his thighs. He’s steady and is being handled. He shall be referred to Medanta hospital quickly,” Rao Tula Ram Memorial Hospital’s chief medical officer Neha Martolia advised.
Martolia mentioned that different individuals travelling within the plane are secure and have been taken to Medanta hospital in Gurgaon.
Aside from Bhagwan, Virender Rai (affected person), pilot Amit, co-pilot Rohit, Rupesh (physician), girl attendant Juhi and Jain Bahadur (technician) have been travelling within the plane which was being operated by Alchemist Airways Pvt. Ltd.
Requested concerning the motive of technical fault within the plane, Patna Airport Director Rajinder Singh instructed reporters that a Director Normal Of Civil Aviation (DGCA) inquiry will reveal the explanations of engine failure.
In response to Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma, the aviation regulator had ordered a probe into the incident and a group from DGCA was despatched to the spot to research.
The investigation into the incident has been taken over by the specialised arm of the ministry — the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB).
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Air ambulance makes emergency touchdown in Delhi, inquiry ordered
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