Helicopter crashes in Telangana's Nalgonda, two pilots killed

A helicopter crashed on Saturday in Nalgonda district of Telangana, in which two pilots including a trainee pilot died. The accident took place in Tungaturthi village of Peddavura block near Nagarjunasagar dam on the Krishna river. Hearing the loud explosion, local people gathered at the spot. At this time the police and medical team have reached the spot.

The aircraft belonged to a private aviation academy in Hyderabad. The dead have not yet been identified.

In this, a lot of smoke was coming out of the crashed helicopter. In the video, some villagers can be seen trying to rescue the pilots from the crashed helicopter. This helicopter was a Cessna 152 model two-seater of Flytech Aviation.

In preliminary investigation, Nalgonda police said that they had received information from farmers working on agricultural land in Tungaturthi village of Peddavura mandal that they saw a helicopter crash and heavy smoke was coming out. On the basis of information, the police reached the spot and saw that the helicopter has crashed and a woman pilot has died.