Helicopter With 4 On Board Crashes Amid Heavy Rain In Pune

Pune: A helicopter crashed in Pune due to strong winds and bad weather on Saturday. The helicopter was carrying a total of four people.

The chopper, an AW 139, took off from Juhu in Mumbai and was going to Hyderabad when it crashed in the Paud area. As per preliminary details, no casualties have been reported. The captain, Anand, sustained injuries in the incident and has been taken to Sadar Hospital for treatment.

The chopper was operated by Global Vectra Helicorp. 

"The captain of the helicopter is being taken to hospital, while the other three are stable. The helicopter belongs to Global Vectra company. The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained," an official told PTI.

Back in May, a private helicopter which was flying to pick up Shiv Sena Deputy Leader Sushma Andhare, had suddenly crashed on landing. The pilot of the chopper managed to jump off before the crash and survived.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued orange alerts, warning of heavy rainfall, for Pune and Satara districts of western Maharashtra. 

A low pressure area over east central Arabian Sea off the Maharashtra coast will bring rain to most parts of Maharashtra in the next 48 hours, an IMD official has said.