Itanagar: In a freak accident, a crewmember of a Pawan Hans helicopter fell to his death when its door flung open in-flight in Arunachal Pradesh early on Friday.
The crewmember, Dhananjay Roy, fell to his death when the door of the 24-seater MI-17 belonging to the state-run Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited opened suddenly, official sources said.
There were five crewmembers and five passengers on board, they said.
The accident occurred five minutes after the helicopter took off from Namsai town in Lohit district at 0615 hours when it was flying over the Lathao town, officials in the Mohanbari air traffic control said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered an inquiry into the accident, an official spokesperson said in New Delhi.
The helicopter was travelling on the Itanagar-Mohanbari-Namsai-Tezu-Hayuliang route, the sources said, adding the body of the 40-year-old victim was brought back to Itanagar.
Crewmember killed after falling from helicopter
The crewmember, Dhananjay Roy, fell to his death when the door of the 24-seater MI-17 belonging to the state-run Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited opened suddenly, official sources said.
There were five crewmembers and five passengers on board, they said.
The accident occurred five minutes after the helicopter took off from Namsai town in Lohit district at 0615 hours when it was flying over the Lathao town, officials in the Mohanbari air traffic control said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered an inquiry into the accident, an official spokesperson said in New Delhi.
The helicopter was travelling on the Itanagar-Mohanbari-Namsai-Tezu-Hayuliang route, the sources said, adding the body of the 40-year-old victim was brought back to Itanagar.
Crewmember killed after falling from helicopter
