Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy died

YSR,IAS Officer,security Officer,2 pilots are died. confirm this is a Helicopter crash.


Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's chopper has been reportedly traced near Kurnool. An Air Force spokesperson has
Nallamalla forests
Maoist rebels patrolling in the dense Nallamalla forests where a helicopter carrying YSR Reddy disappeared in heavy rains. (AP File Photo)
said the chopper has been located on top of Serai Salem hill, at a distance of 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool.

“As of now, we have located the helicopter. We are not sure whether it has crashed or not,” said Air Commodore Sagar Bharati of the Bangalore Air Command.

The Air Force has dropped para commandos on the spot through ropes to look for survivors.

The signal code of the helicopter is 15471479.

K V P Ramachandra Rao, Rajya Sabha member and a close aide of the Andhra Pradesh chief minister, also confirmed the chopper has been found.

Union home secretary GK Pillai said in Delhi that it seems the helicopter has crash landed but there is no confirmation.

Early on Thursday morning, the search operation was focussed on a 5 km radius area in the Nallamalai forests in Andhra Pradesh from where the missing helicopter carrying Y S Rajasekhara Reddy made the last contact to Air Traffic Control.

The helicopter carrying the Andhra Pradesh CM, two of his staff and two pilots went missing in pouring rain Wednesday morning over the Naxal and tiger-infested Nalamalla forests.

The CM left Hyderabad on a six-seater Bell chopper at 8.35am for Chittoor accompanied by his secretary and chief security officer. After 9.27am, radio contact was lost with the helicopter.