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The ruling Trinamool Congress successful West Bengal connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026) called for a “thorough and transparent investigation” into an air ambulance clang successful neighbouring Jharkhand, sidesplitting each 7 persons connected board.
The Beechcraft C90 aerial ambulance, operated by Redbird Airways Pvt. Ltd., was en way to Delhi from Ranchi erstwhile it crashed connected Monday evening (February 23) successful the Bariatu Panchayat country of Jharkhand’s Chatra district, officials said.
“The tragic clang of an aerial ambulance successful Jharkhand’s Chatra district, claiming the lives of each 7 persons connected board, is simply a substance of profound sorrow. We widen our deepest condolences to the bereaved families and basal successful solidarity with them successful this hr of grief,” the TMC said successful a station connected X.
“We impulse the authorities to behaviour a thorough and transparent probe to ascertain the precise origin of the crash, and to guarantee that robust safeguards are enactment successful spot to forestall specified tragedies successful the future,” it said.
The craft took disconnected from Ranchi airdrome astatine 7:11 p.m. and went missing astir 7:30 p.m. It mislaid interaction with the aerial postulation power astir 20 minutes aft departure.
Ranchi airdrome manager Vinod Kumar said inclement upwind could beryllium a imaginable crushed down the crash, though the nonstop origin would beryllium ascertained aft a elaborate probe.
