Jharkhand Air Ambulance Crash LIVE Updates: All 7 Onboard Dead, DGCA Confirms; Rescue Ops Intensify
A Beechcraft C90 air ambulance (VT-AJV), operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, crashed in Jharkhand’s Chatra district near Simaria on February 23, 2026, killing all seven onboard: two pilots (Captain Vivek Vikas Bhagat, Captain Savrajdeep Singh), patient Sanjay Kumar (63% burn injuries), doctor Dr. Vikas Kumar Gupta, paramedic Sachin Kumar Mishra, and attendants Archana Devi and Dhuru Kumar. The flight from Ranchi (takeoff 7:11 PM IST) to Delhi lost radar contact at 7:34 PM after requesting weather deviation amid thunderstorm conditions. DGCA confirmed the fatalities; rescue teams recovered all bodies from the forested crash site, with AAIB dispatched for black box probe.
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