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Seven Killed as Air Ambulance Crashes in Jharkhand Forest
25 Feb
Summary
- An air ambulance carrying a burn victim crashed shortly after takeoff.
- All seven people on board, including the patient and his wife, perished.
- The cause of the crash in a dense forest area is under investigation.
An air ambulance carrying a critically injured burn patient and six others crashed in a densely forested area of Jharkhand's Chatra district on Monday evening. The flight, which had departed from Ranchi, was en route to Delhi for further treatment.
Sanjay Kumar, 41, who had sustained 60-65% burns in a restaurant fire, was being transported with his wife, Archana Devi (35), and his sister's 17-year-old son, Dhruv Kumar. Also on board were Dr. Vikas Kumar Gupta (32), paramedic Sachin Kumar Mishra (22), and pilots Vivek Vikas Bhagat (27) and Savrajdeep Singh (30).
The air ambulance was arranged by the family after they decided to seek treatment for Sanjay Kumar in Delhi due to concerns about his condition not improving as expected at a Ranchi hospital. The family had pooled Rs 8 lakh for the air transport.
The cause of the crash remains undetermined. Rescue operations were hampered by the remote and dense forest terrain, with officials working through the night to recover all seven bodies. Post-mortem examinations revealed no signs of severe burn injuries on the victims, suggesting the aircraft did not catch fire extensively upon impact.
