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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and four others were
killed in a copter mishap. The Prime Minister’s Office declared that Andhra Pradesh
chief minister died in an air crash. The chopper was traced on top of Serai Salem
hill, at a distance of 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool.
The helicopter carrying YSR Reddy, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary, S Subramanyam,
and the Chief Security Officer,
A S C Wesley, and two pilots went missing in pouring
rain on Wednesday morning over the Naxal and tiger-infested Nalamalla forests.
Five bodies were been found at the site where Andhra Pradesh chief minister YSR
Reddy chopper’s wreckage has been traced.
The CM left Hyderabad on a six-seater Bell chopper at 8.35am for Chittoor accompanied
by his secretary and chief security officer. After 9.27am, radio contact was lost
with the helicopter.
Soon after the chopper lost contact, multiple agencies of the state launched a massive
hunt for possible wreckage in the desolate terrain. By evening, it expanded into
the country's biggest-ever search operation with satellites in the sky joining remote
sensing aircraft, fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles, troops on the ground and
even barefoot deer-hunting tribals with bows and arrows.
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