In a tragic incident, a helicopter has crashed in Bavdhan, Pune and claimed the lives of three people. The exact cause of the crash is not known and investigation is underway.

Reportedly it was a private helicopter and the incident took place around 6:25 am on Wednesday. Visuals of the incident shows the helicopter burning into ashes.

According to the police, senior officials of Pimpri Chinchwad Police are present on the spot. CP of Pimpri Chinchwad, Vinay Kumar Choubey informed about the casualties.

Two ambulances and four fire tenders were present at the spot.

Pune helicopter crash | 3 people died in the incident. Senior officials of Pimpri Chinchwad Police are on the spot: Vinay Kumar Choubey, CP of Pimpri Chinchwad https://t.co/nOGB7iTJow

— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2024

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Speaking to ANI, DCP Pimpri-Chinchwad Vishal Gaikwa said, “Today, a private helicopter of Heritage Aviation took off from Oxford Helipad Bavdhan. We received information about its crash immediately after it took off at 7.30 am today. 2 pilots and one engineer onboard died in the crash. The chopper was scheduled to go to Juhu. DGCA will investigate it. Police have cordoned off the area.”

Chief Fire Officer Devendra Prabhakar Potphode said, “We got the information that there is a chopper crash very close to Oxford helipad. Our fire teams from the nearest fire stations responded. We also summoned PMRDA fire department and MIDC. We sent 4 fire vehicles along with 2 rescue vehicles. When we reached the spot, we saw that the chopper had crashed and all its parts had scattered. There was a smouldering fire. We were able to extract 3 casualties and these were handed over to Police. Initially we got the information that it is the chopper of some Heritage Aviation Company. Other information is yet to be ascertained.”