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The Maithri Opulence apartment and its terrace were completely sanitized on Friday with personnel from the police and Defence Security Force (DSF) guarding the Schweizer chopper. The light utility chopper 300C of the HAL Rotary Wing Academy had forcelanded at 4.35pm Thursday atop the five-storey building in GM Palya behind DRDO and BEML after its engine stalled.
The clearing process was done on security grounds with residents not allowed to go near the craft. Only authorized DSF personnel transported the copter to a designated area at HAL airport. Security was tight and DGCA officials were tightlipped about the operation.
Apartment residents were free to walk in corridors and balconies as well as the porch area but nowhere close to the terrace. Security personnel at the entrance checked IDs of all people entering the apartment and only residents or relatives were allowed inside.
On the terrace, five DSF personnel guarded the 490kg chopper through Thursday night. "On Friday morning, reinforcements arrived with police personnel from different police stations joining them," Subba Rao, an apartment resident, said. Another resident said: "There were no restrictions on movement within the building but no one was allowed on the terrace."
By 11am Friday, HAL and DGCA officials and pilot Air Commodore (retd) Roj Assey came to the terrace to inspect the chopper and the terrace . After two hours, the officials and pilot left.
Fr Sebastian, a relative of a resident , told TOI he had come from Allahabad to meet his brother. "In the night, we were conscious of the fact that there was a copter above our heads. It was a surreal experience for me to be welcomed to the city with a helicopter on the roof." Residents said there was no discussion with officials on who would pay for the building damage. "Fortunately, there was no serious damage. A small portion of the ventilator was hit by one rotor. Nothing else has been reported. Officials told us they were focused on clearing the chopper. We could see the work going on. There were a lot of police and other security officials. Cranes operated from below to lift the chopper up from terrace to the ground. We could see it from our balcony," said a resident Anup Agarwal.
While clearing work was on, choppers did multiple training sorties in the area. An advanced light helicopter too hovered around the apartment complex keeping watch over the work. Vishnu Singh Rawat, chief flying instructor , HAL Rotary Wing Academy, explained that airlifting the chopper was ruled out and cranes were used to remove the debris.
Security staff guard chopper, allow only residents into building - The Times of India
The clearing process was done on security grounds with residents not allowed to go near the craft. Only authorized DSF personnel transported the copter to a designated area at HAL airport. Security was tight and DGCA officials were tightlipped about the operation.
Apartment residents were free to walk in corridors and balconies as well as the porch area but nowhere close to the terrace. Security personnel at the entrance checked IDs of all people entering the apartment and only residents or relatives were allowed inside.
On the terrace, five DSF personnel guarded the 490kg chopper through Thursday night. "On Friday morning, reinforcements arrived with police personnel from different police stations joining them," Subba Rao, an apartment resident, said. Another resident said: "There were no restrictions on movement within the building but no one was allowed on the terrace."
By 11am Friday, HAL and DGCA officials and pilot Air Commodore (retd) Roj Assey came to the terrace to inspect the chopper and the terrace . After two hours, the officials and pilot left.
Fr Sebastian, a relative of a resident , told TOI he had come from Allahabad to meet his brother. "In the night, we were conscious of the fact that there was a copter above our heads. It was a surreal experience for me to be welcomed to the city with a helicopter on the roof." Residents said there was no discussion with officials on who would pay for the building damage. "Fortunately, there was no serious damage. A small portion of the ventilator was hit by one rotor. Nothing else has been reported. Officials told us they were focused on clearing the chopper. We could see the work going on. There were a lot of police and other security officials. Cranes operated from below to lift the chopper up from terrace to the ground. We could see it from our balcony," said a resident Anup Agarwal.
While clearing work was on, choppers did multiple training sorties in the area. An advanced light helicopter too hovered around the apartment complex keeping watch over the work. Vishnu Singh Rawat, chief flying instructor , HAL Rotary Wing Academy, explained that airlifting the chopper was ruled out and cranes were used to remove the debris.
Security staff guard chopper, allow only residents into building - The Times of India
