Crash of Pawan Hans Helicopter

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
05-November, 2015 15:14 IST
Crash of Pawan Hans Helicopter

At about 1915 hrs on November 04, 2015, Coast Guard Dornier aircraft on routine surveillance off Mumbai coast received a distress message regarding ditching of one Pawan Hans Helicopter with 02 crew onboard in position 80 nautical miles west of Mumbai inside Offshore Development Area. The Coast Guard aircraft proceeded towards the position and simultaneously relayed the information to Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Subhadra Kumari Chauhan and other vessels operating in the area. Within a short span of time, one Coast Guard Dornier, 01 ICG Ship, 02 IN Ships and 03 Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) reached the area and commenced search for the crew. The distress message was also received at the same time by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (Mumbai) who promptly commenced coordination of the search and rescue efforts with all agencies. During the night 01 ICG Ship from Mumbai and 01 ICG ship with integral helo from Porbandar have been sailed to augment the search efforts. Additional OSV's have also been pressed into service by ONGC for the search. Some debris of the aircraft have been recovered.

Presently, 03 ICG Ships, 01 Coast Guard Dornier, 03 IN Ships, 05 OSV's and 01 Diving Support Vessel are undertaking search operation in the area for survivors.

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

and in the other day they were claiming that they will become aircraft maintenance hub, A ''hub'' which will never get order from outside world.

Do you know that Pawan Hans is a helicopter operator and not a maintainer.. and the maintenance of the model crashed is performed by the supplying company itself...... Do you know that the helicopter crashed while performing a a night landing on an oil rig in middle of Indian ocean...

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
05-November, 2015 17:33 IST
Search and Rescue Operation for Ditched Pawan Hans Ltd Helicopter at Sea

At about 07:15 PM on 04 November 2015, MaritimeRescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai received information from Coast GuardDornier on surveillance sortie off Offshore Development Area (ODA) aboutditching of Pawan Hans Limited Helicopter. Dauphin make (AS 365 N3) helicopter, with two pilots onboard, ditched into the sea nearan ONGC oil platform named ‘SLQ’ located about 80 Miles west of Mumbai. There were no passengers on board.

On receipt of information, MRCC of IndianCoast Guard alerted all mariners and concerned organisations leading toresponse by all stake holders. The Offshore Supply Vessels of ONGC andImmediate Support Vessels (T50 and T48) of Indian Navy immediately rushed to the location andcommenced search for survivors. During the search the vessels picked up debrisof the ditched helicopter. Coast Guard Dornier ex-Daman continuing the search in area and one Seaking 42C helicopter of the Indian Navy was launched for night search.

One naval destroyer (with integral helicopter) and two Coast Guard ships at sea were diverted to area and commenced search in the night. Ahelicopter carrying ship ex-Porbandar is also being sailed with dispatch toreach the area.

A coordinated search by Indian Navy and Coast Guard ships and aircrafts and divers iscurrently in progress to locate the survivors and debris. Debris located are being collected and investigated.

As of 12:00 PM today the whereabouts of the pilots is still unknown.

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[Hindustani78]

Pawan Hans crash: Body of one pilot found, wreckage traced | Zee News

Mumbai: The Coast Guard on Monday recovered the body of one of the two pilots who were missing since their Pawan Hans helicopter crashed into the Arabian sea off the Mumbai Coast last week.

The Coast Guard also found wreckage, including cockpit, of the 14-seater VTPWF Dauphin aircraft, five days after the mishap occurred on November 4.

At the time of the incident, Captain E Samuel and T K Guha were on board of the copter. However, the body recovered today is yet to be identified.

"Wreckage of ditched Pawan Hans helicopter located and cockpit with body of one of the pilots was recovered," a Coast Guard spokesperson said.

He said the recovery of other parts of the chopper was in progress.

The 2001-make Pawan Hans helicopter crashed during night landing practice after it had taken off from the ONGC installation on Wednesday night.

The door of the aircraft was sighted by the Navy and Coast Guard soon after it had crashed into the sea.

 

[Hindustani78]

The wreckage of the Sikorsky VT-CMM helicopter, carrying Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his team, that crashed-landed following a technical snag shortly after take-off at Nilanga in Latur.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...no-one-hurt/article18575981.ece?homepage=true
A helicopter carrying Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and three others, including senior IAS officer Pravin Pardeshi in the Chief Minister’s Office, collapsed while landing immediately after takeoff at Nilanga in Latur district. No one was injured in the incident.

Mr. Fadnavis was in Latur to participate in the BJP's 'Shivar Samwad Sabha' (farm communication rallies). He was travelling back to Mumbai.


Mr. Fadnavis said on Twitter, “Our helicopter did meet with an accident in Latur but me and my team is absolutely safe and ok. Nothing to worry.”

A Maharashtra government Sikorsky helicopter VT-CMM took off from Nilanda SE of Latur at 1200 hrs with six persons on board, including Mr. Fadnavis. After the takeoff, the pilot decided to land back as he found a variable wind pattern. During the landing, the helicopter got entangled in wires and fell down. All on board were safe, said a statement from the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation).