AP CM Y S Rajasekhara Reddy dead
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and four other persons were killed in the helicopter that crashed in the Nallamala Hills in bad weather on Wednesday losing radio contact an hour after take off from Hyderabad.
The bodies of 60-year-old Reddy, who led his Congress party to a spectacular second consecutive victory in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, and his Special Secretary P Subramanyam, Chief Secretary A S C Wesley, pilot Group Captain S K Bhatia and co-pilot M S Reddy were found on Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool, besides the mangled remains of the helicopter.
A scheduled meeting of the Union Cabinet was cancelled following the tragedy.
Tribals, who are known to have a fair knowledge of the forest area, and local civilians have also joined the rescuers in searching the missing helicopter.
Reddy along with his Principal Secretary P Subramanyam and Chief Security Officer A S C John Wesley and two pilots were on board the missing twin-engined government helicopter after it took off from old Begumpet Airport at 8.35 am on Wednesday to Chittor district.
IAF's Sukhoi 30MK1 aircraft with synthetic aperture radar for high resolution ground mapping and a pilotless low-flying ISRO aircraft scoured the thick Nallamalai forests in Kurnool district last night to locate the missing chopper with five persons, including two pilots, on board.
The bodies of 60-year-old Reddy, who led his Congress party to a spectacular second consecutive victory in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, and his Special Secretary P Subramanyam, Chief Secretary A S C Wesley, pilot Group Captain S K Bhatia and co-pilot M S Reddy were found on Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool, besides the mangled remains of the helicopter.
A scheduled meeting of the Union Cabinet was cancelled following the tragedy.
Tribals, who are known to have a fair knowledge of the forest area, and local civilians have also joined the rescuers in searching the missing helicopter.
Reddy along with his Principal Secretary P Subramanyam and Chief Security Officer A S C John Wesley and two pilots were on board the missing twin-engined government helicopter after it took off from old Begumpet Airport at 8.35 am on Wednesday to Chittor district.
IAF's Sukhoi 30MK1 aircraft with synthetic aperture radar for high resolution ground mapping and a pilotless low-flying ISRO aircraft scoured the thick Nallamalai forests in Kurnool district last night to locate the missing chopper with five persons, including two pilots, on board.
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