Ranchi-Delhi Air Ambulance ‘Requested Deviation Due To Weather’ Before Crashing In Jharkhand

Final Up to date:February 24, 2026, 06:03 IST

The plane was usually working medical evacuation flights from Ranchi Airport and was considered one of two air ambulances based mostly in Ranchi and operated by Redbird Airways.

An air ambulance, with seven folks (together with 2 crew members) on board, crashed in Kasariya Panchayat, Simariya block of Chatra district, in Jharkhand. (Picture: ANI)

An air ambulance carrying seven on board, together with two crew members, flying from Ranchi to New Delhi, died after the plane crashed in Jharkhand’s Chatra on Monday evening. The plane that crashed in Jharkhand’s Chatra went off radar shortly after taking off from Ranchi Airport, the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) mentioned.

Chatra Deputy Commissioner Keerthishree G confirmed the demise of all seven passengers, information company PTI reported. “All seven on board the air ambulance had been killed within the crash. The aircraft was on the way in which to Delhi from Ranchi,” the officer mentioned.

“The plane went lacking round 7.30 pm. It crashed at Bariatu Panchayat space in Simaria,” she mentioned, including that the positioning of the crash is situated deep inside a forest.

SDPO Shubham Khandelwal instructed PTI that the our bodies of all seven individuals on board have been retrieved. The deceased individuals have been recognized as 41-year-old Sanjay Kumar, the affected person who was being transported for remedy with 63 per cent burn accidents, Dr Vikas Kumar Gupta, paramedic Sachin Kumar Mishra, two attendants, Archana Devi and Dhuru Kumar, and two crew members, Vivek Vikas Bhagat and Savrajdeep Singh, each captains.

In line with studies, the plane was usually working medical evacuation flights from Ranchi Airport and was considered one of two air ambulances based mostly in Ranchi and operated by Redbird Airways.

The Beechcraft C90 plane VT-AJV, operated by Delhi-based Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, took off from Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport at 7:11pm, in response to an announcement from the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

The aviation watchdog acknowledged that the plane “requested deviation on account of climate” after establishing contact with Kolkata. Following this, at round 7:34 pm, the air ambulance misplaced communication and RADAR contact with Kolkata at roughly 100 NM South-East of Varanasi.

After this, the plane didn’t are available contact with both Varanasi air site visitors management (ATC) or the Lucknow ATC.

In line with the DGCA web site, Delhi-based non-scheduled operator Redbird has six plane in its fleet, together with the one which crashed.

Earlier, Ranchi airport director Vinod Kumar mentioned that the aircraft misplaced contact with air site visitors management round 20 minutes after takeoff, PTI reported.

“Inclement climate may very well be a purpose behind the crash, however the precise trigger will probably be ascertained solely after a probe,” he mentioned.

Redbird Airways was based by Akshay Kumar in 2018 and acquired its air operator allow to serve non-scheduled flights (charters and air ambulances) in August 2019.

In line with its web site, the corporate offers air ambulance companies around the clock for medical evacuation.

On January 28, a Learjet 45 plane crashed in Maharashtra’s Baramati, claiming the lives of 5 individuals, together with state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, which sparked requires an impartial probe.

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