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The wrecked remains of a Chhattisgarh Government-owned helicopter that went missing on July 14 have been found in Rajnandgaon District, about 235 km from State Capital Raipur.
Raipur, July 18 : The wrecked remains of a Chhattisgarh Government-owned helicopter that went missing on July 14 have been found in Rajnandgaon District, about 235 km from State Capital Raipur.
Official sources said that the wreckage of the Eurocopter were found near Lamra, which lies on the Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border. They confirmed the deaths of the four persons onboard, adding that they were beyond recognition.The chopper had lost contact with Bhopal Air Traffic Control at about 12:25 p.m. on Saturday with two pilots, Capt A S Sidhu and Capt Vikram Savekar, besides engineer Amitabh Soni and technician Manish Badania on board.
The search operation was conducted by both serving and retired Air Force personnels. Besides IAF, the help of ISRO was also taken to locate the copter. The long range MI-8, fitted with extra fuel tank, was called in for the search operation.
ANI
