Thread: Andhra Pradesh CM (Y S Rajasekhara Reddy) dead in chopper crash

Andhra Pradesh CM (Y S Rajasekhara Reddy) dead in chopper crash

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has been killed in a helicopter crash in the dense Nallamalla forest.

The CM's chopper was located on top of a hill, 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool, earlier in the day.The chopper was found nearly 24 hours after Reddy went missing.

Reddy, who was traveling with his Principal Secretary P Subramanyam and Chief Security Officer A S C John Wesley and two pilots in the twin-engined government helicopter, had taken off from old Begumpet Airport at 8.35 am on Wednesday to Chittor district.

The four other passengers on board the helicopter have also been killed.

The Indian Air Force had sent five choppers to the area, while some IAF personnel were reportedly airdropped on the hillock to reach the helicopter.

The wreckage has been located between Rollapenta and Rudra Koderu in Kurnool district.

Sad.............................

we have lost a great son of soil..
YSR wont be forgotten for his martyrdom..

sad new .

The chopper was carrying Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, his Principal Secretary P Subramanyam, Chief Security Officer ASC John Wesley and pilots Captain S K Bhatia and Captain M S Reddy.

Here is the timeline of how events related to Andhra CM YSR Reddy's disappearance unfolded since Wednesday morning.

8:30 AM: CM YS Reddy boarded Bell 430 chopper from Hyderabad airport on Wednesday morning.

9:35 AM: Chopper went off the radar of ATC Hyderabad

10:15 AM: The chopper lost all contacts

11:30 AM: Initial reports of chopper making forced landing at Kurnool spread.

12:15 PM: Reports of YSR missing

1:00 PM: Home Ministry said Andhra CM untraceable

1:30 PM: Unconfirmed reports in media said YSR safe, landed in Kurnool forest

2:00 PM: Andhra government, Home ministry said to have been monitoring situation

3:00 PM: Andhra govt confirmed CM had gone missing, search ops on

3:30 PM: Congress in press meet called it crisis situation

6 PM: Search operations by ten helicopters on in six district

Late night: Night vision surveillance on; ISRO and Sukhoy fighter plane assisted in search for the chopper

9 AM: YSR's chopper found in mangled, burnt state

10 AM: Survivors after the chopper crash unlikely

10:30 AM: 5 dead bodies found from the chopper; No official confirmation

11:00 AM: Andhra CM YSR declared dead

The Nation is shocked... :sad:

we have lost a great son of the nation!

I read in news this morning, that the chopper have several faults. infact that chopper was used for the training purpose. this is height of carelessness. as a country of 1bln, no one gives a damn abt security & checks regarding it. this is just another example of accident coz of lack of security measurements. only this time, its prime political figure whos dead.

Y.S Rajasekhar Reddy was a great leader who introduced a lot of welfare schemes especially for the poor.
He gave the farmers free electricity for farming,introduced a health scheme in which costly operations were performed for free for the poor people in corporate hospitals,was responsible for starting and excecution of a lot of dams and the list goes on and on .
He kept working all the time for the welfare of the people.
So sad that he could not complete his second term.
A huge void has been created in the leadership due to his untimely death.
He will live on in everybody s' heart.
We will miss him a lot.