Pilot killed after Indian air ambulance crashes near Bangkok

An Air Ambulance of Medanta Hospital with a five member crew crash landed after it caught fire near Bangkok. The pilot died while four others including two doctors and a nurse were injured.

My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 6, 2017

Dr.Shailendra and Dr.Komal are in the ICU. The other two have sustained minor injuries. /4

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 6, 2017

The injured were shifted to Bangkok Hospital by Army helicopters. The plane had taken off for Bangkok on Monday from New Delhi. In the afternoon, it stopped midway in Kolkata to refuel and later, crash landed at Nakhon Pathom airport.

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