Seven Killed in Medevac Beechcraft Crash in Jharkhand Forest

Overview

• The aircraft was a Beechcraft C90 operating a chartered medical evacuation flight, according to the DGAC.
• The plane requested a route diversion due to weather and lost air-traffic radar contact 23 minutes later, the regulator reported.
• The crash occurred near Kasaria in Jharkhand in a forested area that is difficult to access.
• Seven fatalities were confirmed after medical teams located the victims and declared them dead, local official Keerthishree G said.
• Two of those killed were crew members, and India’s air-accident investigation agency has dispatched a team to the site.