Pilot Killed as Chopper Crashes During Joyride in Mumbai's Aarey Colony
Pilot Killed as Chopper Crashes During Joyride in Mumbai's Aarey Colony
One person succumbed to injuries on Sunday as a helicopter crashed in Aarey Colony in Mumbai.

Mumbai: A private helicopter on a joyride crashed, killing the pilot and injuring three others, at an isolated spot in Mumbai’s Goregaon suburb on Sunday.

The helicopter, a Robinson R44 belonging to Aman Aviation Pvt Ltd, was on a sight-seeing flight over Mumbai when it suddenly crashed inside the forested Aarey Milk Colony and caught fire around 12.15 pm, said the BMC Disaster Control.

The deceased was identified as Praful Kumar Mishra. Those injured were identified as Ritesh Modi (35), his wife Bindra Modi (34) and Sanjiv Shankar (24).

Police personnel and locals extricated the victims from the burning chopper and rushed them to the Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri East.

(With IANS inputs)

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