{"id":20514,"date":"2022-05-13T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20514"},"modified":"2022-05-13T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T05:30:44","slug":"helicopter-crashes-in-chhattisgarh-2-pilots-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/helicopter-crashes-in-chhattisgarh-2-pilots-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter crashes in Chhattisgarh, 2 pilots dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>The two pilots were killed after an Indian government helicopter crashed at Raipur&#8217;s Swami Vivekananda airport on Thursday evening, according to the Chhattisgarh state administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/10-03-35-untitled-design-2022-05-12t223430.717-16523751323x2-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/10-03-35-untitled-design-2022-05-12t223430.717-16523751323x2-1.webp 360w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/10-03-35-untitled-design-2022-05-12t223430.717-16523751323x2-1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption>Image credit to news18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The chopper was on a routine training mission when the incident occurred about 9.10 p.m., according to the authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>According to Raipur SSP Prashant Agrawal, both pilots, Captain Gopal Krishna Panda and his co-pilot Captain AP Shrivastava, died in the collision.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Initial indications point to technical failure as the reason of the disaster,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> the administration later stated in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>&#8220;A full technical inquiry will be conducted at the request of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the State Government to determine the exact cause&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed his condolences for the two pilots&#8217; deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u092f\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u092f\u0930\u092a\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u091f \u0939\u0947\u0932\u0940\u0915\u0949\u092a\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u0948\u0936 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0941\u0916\u0926 \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0928\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0940.<br><br>\u0907\u0938 \u0926\u0941\u0916\u0926 \u0939\u093e\u0926\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u091f \u0915\u0948\u092a\u094d\u091f\u0928 \u092a\u0902\u0921\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0948\u092a\u094d\u091f\u0928 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0935 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0916\u0926 \u0928\u093f\u0927\u0928 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<br><br>\u0907\u0938 \u0926\u0941\u0903\u0916 \u0915\u0940 \u0918\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0908\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u091c\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0932 \u090f\u0935\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u0902\u0917\u0924 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0964<br><br>\u0950 \u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f:<\/p>&mdash; Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bhupeshbaghel\/status\/1524791690749353997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I just got word that a state chopper had crashed at Raipur&#8217;s airport. Both of our pilots, Captain Panda and Captain Srivastava, died in this unfortunate accident. May God comfort their loved ones and grant rest to their departed souls <\/em><\/strong>&#8220;In a tweet, the chief minister stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/b5a62680-d21e-11ec-b554-e941ca2800e7_1652379356557_1652390196620.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/b5a62680-d21e-11ec-b554-e941ca2800e7_1652379356557_1652390196620.webp 549w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/b5a62680-d21e-11ec-b554-e941ca2800e7_1652379356557_1652390196620-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><figcaption>Image credits to HT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Officials later stated that the incident would not impact flight operations and that normal operations will resume. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Tuned with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two pilots were killed after an Indian government helicopter crashed at Raipur&#8217;s Swami Vivekananda airport on Thursday <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[104,79,2178,620,2783,81,317,3596],"class_list":{"0":"post-20514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pilot","8":"tag-airport","9":"tag-aviation","10":"tag-chopper-crash","11":"tag-dgca","12":"tag-helicopter-crash","13":"tag-latest-aviation-news","14":"tag-pilots","15":"tag-raipur-in-chhattisgarh"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20518,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20514\/revisions\/20518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}