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Raipur airport helicopter crash: A Chhattisgarh government helicopter crashed at Chhattisgarh’s Raipur airport on Thursday night resulting in the death of two pilots, as per reports.
PTI quoted Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prashant Agrawal as saying that the accident occurred during a flying practice at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur at around 9:10 pm.
The two pilots on board the helicopter — identified as Captain Gopal Krishna Panda and Captain A P Shrivastava — were seriously injured in the crash and taken to a nearby private hospital where they were declared dead.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Informing of the accident, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel tweeted that both the pilots died in the accident.
He also expressed his condolences to the bereaved families, and wrote, “just got sad news about a state helicopter crashing at the airport in Raipur. In this tragic accident, both our pilots Captain Panda and Captain Shrivastava passed away. May God give strength to their family members and peace to the departed soul.”
Further details awaited.
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