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5 hurt as BSF chopper "Dhruv" crashes at Raipur airport

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United News of India
Raipur, January 15, 2012
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Five people, including the pilot, a co-pilot and three engineers, aboard a Border Security Force (BSF) helicopter "Dhruv" had a providential escape with injuries after the chopper crashed on the runway at Raipur airport while taking off for a trial flight.

The chopper - designed and manufactured by the Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) - plummeted to the runway from a height 35 ft due to sudden engine failure, injured pilot P D Tiwari said.
 
A team of doctors, treating the injured at the Ram Krishna Care Hospital, said all the five identified as pilot P D Tiwari, co-pilot R K Sarin, and engineers Subrat Chandra, Pankaj Pal and Anand Bharti, were out of danger.

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