BSF chopper crashes, five injured
January 15th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANSRaipur, Jan 15 (IANS) Five occupants of a Border Security Force (BSF) helicopter were injured when it crashed at Raipur airport Sunday while on a test flight, police and airport officials said.
“The helicopter crashed from a height of about 100 feet when it took off for a test flight. Five people — the pilot, co-pilot, one engineer and two technicians — who were on the board sustained injuries,” Mana airport in-charge Anil Roy told reporters.
State’s police chief Anil M. Navaney, who rushed to the spot along with other officials, said that all the five injured were taken to a private hospital where a doctor said they were out of danger.
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