A helicopter carrying four people crashed near Pune's Pod village. (Image: Source)
A private helicopter crashed near Pune's Pod village on Saturday. The helicopter was en route to Juhu, Mumbai, with four persons on board from Hyderabad. Three of the four people in the car were in stable condition, and one of the captains was taken to a nearby hospital.
A private helicopter crashed near Pune's Pod village on Saturday. The helicopter crashed after taking off from Juhu in Mumbai on its way to Hyderabad with four people on board.
No deaths have been reported and one person has been hospitalized. Three other flyers are currently in stable condition.
Maharashtra | A private helicopter crashed near Podh village in Pune district. The helicopter belonged to a private airline. It flies from Mumbai to Hyderabad. Among the four people on board the helicopter, the captain was injured and is being hospitalized. The rest… https://t.co/Z2MkvvXi91 pic.twitter.com/kF5qg7HOV2— ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2024
Captain Anand, Deep Bhatia, Amardeep Singh and SP Ram were in the AW 139 model helicopter. Captain Anand has been admitted to a nearby medical facility.
#watch | Maharashtra: Footage of a private helicopter crashing near Podh village in Pune district in the afternoon. The helicopter belonged to a private airline. It flies from Mumbai to Hyderabad. Among the four people on the helicopter, the captain… pic.twitter.com/3CPfnq2mtu
— ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2024
“A private helicopter crashed near Podh village in Pune district. The helicopter belonged to a private airline. It was flying from Mumbai to Hyderabad. Among the four people on board the helicopter, the captain was injured and was admitted to the hospital. The remaining three are in stable condition.
The helicopter is owned by Global Vectra.
Manoj Yadav, inspector of Podh police station, said heavy rain was falling in the area and bad weather was suspected to have caused the crash. After the plane crashed, locals rushed to rescue the passengers.
“When they took off from Mumbai, the weather was fine, but when the helicopter reached the Podh area, it ran into difficulties as it had been raining since last night. The pilot tried to land but hit a Babur tree and crashed into ground,” said inspector Yadav.
He said the impact of the crash appeared to be lessened in the end because trees broke off the point of fall. The official said there were no reports of any technical problems encountered by the helicopter.
