Ajit Pawar Camp MP Was To Fly On Helicopter That Crashed In Pune
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The chopper took off from Oxford County Golf Course helipad near Pune and was heading to Juhu in Mumbai when it crashed, killing two ex-Air Force pilots and an engineer.
Two former Air Force pilots and an engineer were killed after a helicopter belonging to a private aviation company crashed and caught fire near Pune city on Wednesday morning, police said. The chopper, belonging to Delhi-based Heritage Aviation, had been hired by the Nationalist Congress Party, said its Maharashtra unit chief and MP Sunil Tatkare. He had flown in the helicopter only a day before, and was supposed to travel by it again on Wednesday, he told the news agency PTI.
The chopper took off from Oxford County Golf Course helipad near Pune and was heading to Juhu in Mumbai when it crashed at 7.40 am, police said.
The crash took place near a hilly terrain in Bavdhan area, close to the golf course and some 25 km from Pune city, police said.
