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Chatra: Seven people, including two crew members, were killed after a Beechcraft C90 air ambulance crashed in the forested Kasaria area of Chatra district in India\u2019s Jharkhand state on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the aircraft, operated by Redbird Airways, had taken off from Ranchi at 19:11 local time on a medical evacuation flight carrying a patient and medical staff. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot requested a deviation due to adverse weather conditions, and radar contact was lost approximately 23 minutes later.<\/p>\n

Rescue teams, including medical personnel, reached the crash site in a remote and difficult-to-access area, but doctors declared all seven occupants dead. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has been dispatched to the site to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n

This incident marks the latest in a series of fatal aviation accidents in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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