RANCHI: All seven people on board an air ambulance that crashed in Jharkhand's Chatra district were killed, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
The medical charter flight, en route from Ranchi to Delhi, crashed in Kasaria Panchayat, Chatra District, on Monday evening. There were seven individuals on board, including two crew members.
The deceased have been identified as Captain Vivek Vikas Bhagat, Captain Savrajdeep Singh, Dr Vikas Kumar Gupta, Sachin Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Kumar, Archana Devi and Dhuru Kumar.
The aircraft was a Beechcraft King Air (BE9L) medical charter flight operated by Redbird Airways, a Delhi-based airline.
Relatives of one of the victims said that Sanjay, a resident of Chandwa in Latehar district, had suffered severe burn injuries and was being shifted to Delhi for advanced treatment.