DGCA team visits chopper crash site near Kurnool

Kurnool, Sep 10(ANI): A Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) investigating team is visiring the site of the helicopter crash that claimed the life of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on September 2.

A court of inquiry appointed by the DGCA is investigating to clarify all details. The team was scheduled to visit site again on Thursday, said Captain Mushar Ahmed of the Aviation Academy.

The members of the inquiry committee are examining and decoding the flight voice recorder to ascertain what brought the ill-fated Bell-430 helicopter down in the Pavurala Gutta range of Nallamallah forest area, around 40 nautical miles off Kurnool.

The DGCA team has been asked to submit the report within two months. (ANI)