Helicopter with six on board makes precautionary landing at school
MUMBAI: Four people, including two minors, were injured after a mud-carrying dumper fell on huts in a slum from a bridge on the Sion-panvel highway at Mankhurd on Saturday.
The police said that the incident took place at around 3am on Saturday when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The driver of the dumper and a cleaner were among the injured. According to police officials, the two minors have been identified as Tarhana Raviprakash Pathari, 10, and Roxy Pathari, 9, who lived in the slum at Jayhind Nagar. While Tarhana sustained bruises on the legs Roxy suffered head injury.
The driver, Sanjay Paswan ,33, Prajapati, 30, are recuperating from their injuries and have been admitted to Rajawadi hospital.
An officer from Mankhurd police station said, “The dumper was heading towards Vashi and was overloaded with mud. However, the driver could couldn’t control the speeding vehicle while turning it on the bridge. So the vehicle overturned and fell down.”
Police officials have booked the driver for negligent driving and will arrest him after he gets MUMBAI: A Pawan Hans chopper with six passengers on board made a precautionary landing on a school ground at Kelwe Road, about 80 km north of Mumbai, owing to inclement weather on Saturday.
The passengers included senior officials of the Gas Authority of India Limited. The copter was heading from Baroda to Juhu Aerodrome, when the chopper pilot, Captain PJ Singh, encountered a huge cloud base that had come down to 200 feet.
As a standard safety protocol, the chopper landed in the school premises, which was closest open space to make a priority stopover, said officials.
A spokesperson with Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited (PHHL) confirmed the precau“the
chopper made a precautionary safe landing owing to inclement weather. But it took off soon after the weather improved and has safely reached Juhu,” said the
Upesh Raut, a member of the Waksai Gram Panchayat, spotted the chopper and alerted the Kelwa police, said locals.
The chopper was sent to Gujarat for routine gas pipeline