A US probe has found that the pilot and co-pilot of the helicopter that crashed on September 2 killing Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and two others knew they were flying in dangerously bad weather, an official said here Wednesday.
“The US FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) investigated the conversation between the pilot and co-pilot minutes before the chopper crashed. They also spoke of bad weather,” said a senior official of the civil aviation ministry. The Indian government had sent cockpit voice recorder and some samples of the wreckage of the twin-engine Bell-430 copter to the US for investigation.
This is the first confirmation that the pilots knew they were flying into rough weather. It has been reported earlier that the atmospheric conditions on the helicopter’s route from Hyderabad to Kadapa was bad. Investigators are probing if the pilots knew of the conditions. The Pawan Hans Corpo-ration chairman R.K. Tyagi, who heads a five-member high-powered committee of Directorate General of Civil Aviation probing the crash, said it would come out with its findings in three-four days.
Mr Sanjay Brahmin, one of the members of the DGCA team, said it had not been provided with details of the pilots’ conversation. The CBI deputy inspector-general of police, Mr V.V. Lakshminarayana, said, “We had asked the DGCA for the transcript of Cockpit Voice Recorder on September 22. We are yet to receive a copy.”
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
YSR's state funeral at hometown Pulivendula
Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's state funeral would be held on Friday, Sep 4, afternoon in his hometown Pulivendula in Kadapa district.
Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh arrived in Hyderabad to pay his last respect to the late AP CM. Many Congress leaders and prominent politicians have come down to Hyderabad to pay tribute.
The body would be kept in Lal Bahadur Stadium for the public to see their departed leader for the last time.
A huge crowd of Congress workers, common people and many prominent politicians have come to Hyderabad to pay their homage to the popular leader.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha LK Advani would attend YSR's funeral in Pulivendula.
Andhra Pradesh government announced a seven-day mourning for Reddy. Andhra Pradesh would close all its central and state offices on Friday, Sep 4.
“The state government declares, with deep sense of sorrow, the sudden demise of Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy,” said Chief Secretary P Ramakanth Reddy in a message to all district collectors.
Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh arrived in Hyderabad to pay his last respect to the late AP CM. Many Congress leaders and prominent politicians have come down to Hyderabad to pay tribute.
The body would be kept in Lal Bahadur Stadium for the public to see their departed leader for the last time.
A huge crowd of Congress workers, common people and many prominent politicians have come to Hyderabad to pay their homage to the popular leader.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha LK Advani would attend YSR's funeral in Pulivendula.
Andhra Pradesh government announced a seven-day mourning for Reddy. Andhra Pradesh would close all its central and state offices on Friday, Sep 4.
“The state government declares, with deep sense of sorrow, the sudden demise of Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy,” said Chief Secretary P Ramakanth Reddy in a message to all district collectors.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Link Between YSR’S Death And Sooreedu's Absence
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy breathed his last yesterday and the news has come today. Now a sentiment is being discussed in big way across the state. There is a big legend that surrounds the reason for Sooreedu’s presence along with YSR from many years. Earlier, a soothsayer said to YSR’s father Raja Reddy to always move along with Sooreedu to be safe.
The soothsayer said it seems, “There is a karmic bond between Sooreedu and your family, which even Sorredu doesn’t know. Never leave him. The moment you are away from him, you are prone to risk”. From then Raja Reddy never stood away from Sooreedu whenever he was moving out except on the day of his death. Yes, Raja Reddy moved out without Sooreedu on a day that happened to be his last day as he was assassinated.
With that the sentiment of Sooreedu has strong among CM’s family members. Hence YSR always moved along with Sooreedu. But he missed going along with him yesterday that happened to be last day. Probably, because of not caring that sentiment big amidst his duties or the day has come for him.
This discussion is now on top among the friends those know about the legend that surrounds Sooreedu from many decades.
Sooreedu is wildly weeping since last afternoon and got dehydrated, is the confirmed news from close sources.
As always, YSR wanted to know people's problems
Known as a people's leader for several initiatives for their welfare, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was on his way to launch yet another mass contact programme when the helicopter carrying him went missing in the dense Nallamalla forests, before it was found nearly 24 hours later on Thursday.
It was only around 0500 hrs IST on Wednesday that senior police officials in Chittoor district were informed by the Chief Minister that he would be visiting Anuppalle village to launch 'Racchabanda' programme.
A day after the budget session of state assembly concluded, YSR, as the Chief Minister is popularly known, chose a remote village in Anuppalle to launch the programme of surprise visits to villages to know people's problems.
"I want to know the problems in village through this surprise visit and want to have a direct interaction with the villagers. I told them (the officials) only at 0500 hrs IST that I will be visiting the village as they have to make security arrangements," YSR said in his last interview before boarding the helicopter here at 08.35 hrs IST on Wednesday.
"If I tell the officials in advance about my visit they will rectify some problems and hence this programme is being launched. The basic aim is to see whether the delivery mechanisms of the government are working or not," he told Sakshi television channel, which is run by his son Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
"I want to know how the concerned departments are working to deal with drought, whether farmers are getting the required assistance, whether the village has drinking water supply. I also want to see if there is any poor person who has not got a ration card, house or pension. We have promised that every poor will get a house and ration card," he said.
"This is a representative sample as I can't visit all 20,000 villages in the state. I will go on such visits for three to four days in a month and will cover four to five villages in a day," YSR had said.
It was various such programmes taken up by him during last five years that helped him retain power in the recent elections despite facing a strong and united opposition alliance led by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Praja Rajyam floated by actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi.
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It was only around 0500 hrs IST on Wednesday that senior police officials in Chittoor district were informed by the Chief Minister that he would be visiting Anuppalle village to launch 'Racchabanda' programme.
A day after the budget session of state assembly concluded, YSR, as the Chief Minister is popularly known, chose a remote village in Anuppalle to launch the programme of surprise visits to villages to know people's problems.
"I want to know the problems in village through this surprise visit and want to have a direct interaction with the villagers. I told them (the officials) only at 0500 hrs IST that I will be visiting the village as they have to make security arrangements," YSR said in his last interview before boarding the helicopter here at 08.35 hrs IST on Wednesday.
"If I tell the officials in advance about my visit they will rectify some problems and hence this programme is being launched. The basic aim is to see whether the delivery mechanisms of the government are working or not," he told Sakshi television channel, which is run by his son Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
"I want to know how the concerned departments are working to deal with drought, whether farmers are getting the required assistance, whether the village has drinking water supply. I also want to see if there is any poor person who has not got a ration card, house or pension. We have promised that every poor will get a house and ration card," he said.
"This is a representative sample as I can't visit all 20,000 villages in the state. I will go on such visits for three to four days in a month and will cover four to five villages in a day," YSR had said.
It was various such programmes taken up by him during last five years that helped him retain power in the recent elections despite facing a strong and united opposition alliance led by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Praja Rajyam floated by actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi.
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YSR's body retrieved from crash sit
YSR's body retrieved from crash sit.
Prime Minister's office on Thursday confirmed that Andhra Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has died in the helicopter crash. Five dead bodies were in the mangled debris of the helicopter.
YSR: Confirmed To Be Killed In Helicopter Crash
At last the news turned bitter. The tension has become a bad grief now across the state. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is declared as killed in chopper crash along with two pilots MS Reddy and Bhatia, Personal Security officer John Wesley and IAS officer Subrahmanyam. The helicopter was crashed on the hill of Veligonda amidst Nallamala forest around 9:30 AM on 2nd September 2009. The dead of bodies of all five are found by Airforce authorities first. Entire state if stuck in grief.
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CM, victim of security lapse
It was a security and administrative lapse all along. Security advisors to the state government had not bothered to suggest that the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, carry a satellite telephone with him at least while heli-hopping.
Worse, the team accompanying the Chief Minister of a progressive state does not possess even a simple jungle survival kit. There’s no emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) system with the chief security officer.
The team also did not bother to carry the Rs 150 blinker lamp, which serves as a beacon light to attract the attention of rescue teams in case of emergency. Only the government-owned BSNL has a cellular network in some pockets of the thick Nallamala forests over which the helicopter carrying the chief minister went missing.
Ironically, none of the members of the Chief Minister’s team has a BSNL cellphone connection. They have either Airtel or Idea, which do not have proper network in the jungle or countryside.
Moreover, the helicopter does not have a strong communication network except for its very high frequency communication system. It
has a limited range and the VHF gets connected to the nearest police network as the helicopter traverses through.
“We have not been using satellite phones. So we did not think of it,” was the casual reply of M Ramesh Reddy, one of the chief security officers of the Chief Minister. The other chief security officer John Wesley is accompanying the chief minister in the helicopter. He went on to say that the helicopter was in good condition and was equipped with a VHF set, without knowing that the very high frequency does not have wide range of communication, in contrast to high frequency sets.
AP Aviation Corporation managing director, Mr K.V. Brahmananda Reddy, also admitted the security lapse when he said the Chief Minister’s team was not carrying a satellite phone for emergency communication. Modern satellite phones are also equipped with distress radio beams, which sent out a unique SOS signal which is repeated quite often. The signal can be detected from virtually any point on the globe.
That the security advisors have taken the chief minister’s security rather lightly is evident from the fact that the team is equipped with only a pistol. Given the thick forest area and the naxal threat in the Nallamala forests as also the rugged hilly terrain, the chief security officer accompanying Rajasekhar Reddy should have taken extra precautions. But he did not bother to carry even a torch light as the team did not anticipate any trouble and the flight was during the day.
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source:Deccan chronicle
Worse, the team accompanying the Chief Minister of a progressive state does not possess even a simple jungle survival kit. There’s no emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) system with the chief security officer.
The team also did not bother to carry the Rs 150 blinker lamp, which serves as a beacon light to attract the attention of rescue teams in case of emergency. Only the government-owned BSNL has a cellular network in some pockets of the thick Nallamala forests over which the helicopter carrying the chief minister went missing.
Ironically, none of the members of the Chief Minister’s team has a BSNL cellphone connection. They have either Airtel or Idea, which do not have proper network in the jungle or countryside.
Moreover, the helicopter does not have a strong communication network except for its very high frequency communication system. It
has a limited range and the VHF gets connected to the nearest police network as the helicopter traverses through.
“We have not been using satellite phones. So we did not think of it,” was the casual reply of M Ramesh Reddy, one of the chief security officers of the Chief Minister. The other chief security officer John Wesley is accompanying the chief minister in the helicopter. He went on to say that the helicopter was in good condition and was equipped with a VHF set, without knowing that the very high frequency does not have wide range of communication, in contrast to high frequency sets.
AP Aviation Corporation managing director, Mr K.V. Brahmananda Reddy, also admitted the security lapse when he said the Chief Minister’s team was not carrying a satellite phone for emergency communication. Modern satellite phones are also equipped with distress radio beams, which sent out a unique SOS signal which is repeated quite often. The signal can be detected from virtually any point on the globe.
That the security advisors have taken the chief minister’s security rather lightly is evident from the fact that the team is equipped with only a pistol. Given the thick forest area and the naxal threat in the Nallamala forests as also the rugged hilly terrain, the chief security officer accompanying Rajasekhar Reddy should have taken extra precautions. But he did not bother to carry even a torch light as the team did not anticipate any trouble and the flight was during the day.
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source:Deccan chronicle
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
I News: Helicopter Crashes In Sreesailam Neriganga?
I News reports that the fishermen have given information to officials stating that they have listened to a heavy sound in the morning time around 10 AM and also witnessed the huge oil floating on water, 20 km away, back from Sreesailam Reservoir. The place is called Neriganga. This information has come off late and now the search squad cannot go there due to darkness, as per sources. The search activity at Nerigannga will start from 5 AM, says the channel.
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Congress sends Moily, Chavan to AP
Congress supporters turn emotional as they wait for news of missing Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in Vijayawada on Wednesday.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Minister of State for Science & Technology Prithviraj Chavan to head for Hyderabad at the earliest to deal with the situation arising after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s helicopter went missing in the morning on Wednesday.
The Congress on Wednesday described the situation arising after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s helicopter went missing in the morning as a ``crisis’’ but pleaded ignorance about any further details.
By evening, Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Minister of State for Science & Technology Prithviraj Chavan to head for Hyderabad at the earliest to deal with the situation.
While Mr. Moily has been asked to go in his capacity as the party’s general secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Chavan – who holds additional charge of Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office – is going as the Centre’s representative to monitor the search operations.
The decision to send the two Ministers to Andhra Pradesh was taken in the evening; nine hours after the chopper went missing in the Nallamala forest area near Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Other Andhra Pradesh Congress leaders including Union Minister for Urban Development S. Jaipal Reddy and V. Hanumantha Rao are also heading for Hyderabad.
Ms. Gandhi is understood to have spoken to the Chief Minister’s son, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy – a first-time member of the Lok Sabha – during the day. After Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram briefed Ms. Gandhi in the evening about the steps being taken to find Mr. Reddy, the Congress president called an emergency meeting of her key aides – Ministers Pranab Mukherjee and A. K. Antony, and political secretary Ahmed Patel -- to take stock of the situation.
Shaken by the turn of events but keeping its hopes alive for now, the Congress refused to speak about the issue with spokesman Manish Tewari stating that the party had nothing to add to what Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister K. Roshiah had said in Hyderabad. ``It is an evolving situation. This is a sensitive situation,…. a crisis situation. We are praying for his safety. ’’
As the hours passed by, however, hope began fading in the Congress and leaders could not help remembering the party losing other dynamic leaders like Madhavrao Scindia and Rajesh Pilot in accidents. In addition, they pointed out, Mr. Reddy’s chopper went missing in a Naxal-prone dense forest area, adding to the risks in this case.
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YSR’s chopper was dusted off from hangar
The Bell-430 helicopter, which Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy took to fly to Chittoor district on Wednesday, was virtually dusted off from a hangar at the Begumpet airport here.
It was exactly one year ago that the State government acquired a brand new AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopter from the company’s main facility in Italy for Rs. 58 crore. But, Dr. Reddy had no option other than using the Bell-430 as the AgustaWestland helicopter was recently sent for overhaul after having been in operation for one full year.
The Bell-430, purchased from the U.S. for Rs. 26 crore, was found inadequate as it lacked night-landing facility and often required repairs and overhaul. On Wednesday, it was flown by a new pilot in place of the Chief Minister’s regular pilot who was drawn from the Indian Air Force.
The Bell helicopter was transferred to the A.P. Aviation Corporation, constituted recently to undertake commercial operations of helicopters, and ever since it had been confined to the hangar.
The AgustaWestland was brought to New Delhi first by a Russian cargo aircraft in August last year and flown to Hyderabad on September 15 after trials.
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Courtesy:Hindu
It was exactly one year ago that the State government acquired a brand new AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopter from the company’s main facility in Italy for Rs. 58 crore. But, Dr. Reddy had no option other than using the Bell-430 as the AgustaWestland helicopter was recently sent for overhaul after having been in operation for one full year.
The Bell-430, purchased from the U.S. for Rs. 26 crore, was found inadequate as it lacked night-landing facility and often required repairs and overhaul. On Wednesday, it was flown by a new pilot in place of the Chief Minister’s regular pilot who was drawn from the Indian Air Force.
The Bell helicopter was transferred to the A.P. Aviation Corporation, constituted recently to undertake commercial operations of helicopters, and ever since it had been confined to the hangar.
The AgustaWestland was brought to New Delhi first by a Russian cargo aircraft in August last year and flown to Hyderabad on September 15 after trials.
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Courtesy:Hindu
Since 12 hr Andhra Pradesh Cheif Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s chopper went missing.
Its been over twelve hours since Andhra Pradesh Cheif Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s chopper went missing.
Frantic Search operations are going on to find him. Indian Air Force (IAF) has joined in the search to find missing chopper. Four helicopters have been deployed for the rescue mission.
The Police department along with the help of local ‘Chenchus’ are also started their search for Rajasekhara Reddy.
Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Ramakant Reddy said the chief minister remains untraced after his helicopter went missing amid bad weather Wednesday morning.
He said the government had not been in touch with the chief minister since 9.45 a.m.
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“So far we have not been able to get any confirmation (about the chief minister),” he said.
“It is possible that because of the strong winds and heavy rains, it may have landed in some unfamiliar area,” he said.
“If you land in an unfamiliar forest area, getting out will be very difficult,” he added.
Earlier in afternoon some false news circulated in electronic media that CM has been found and that he is there alive in a guest house.
Frantic Search operations are going on to find him. Indian Air Force (IAF) has joined in the search to find missing chopper. Four helicopters have been deployed for the rescue mission.
The Police department along with the help of local ‘Chenchus’ are also started their search for Rajasekhara Reddy.
Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Ramakant Reddy said the chief minister remains untraced after his helicopter went missing amid bad weather Wednesday morning.
He said the government had not been in touch with the chief minister since 9.45 a.m.
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“So far we have not been able to get any confirmation (about the chief minister),” he said.
“It is possible that because of the strong winds and heavy rains, it may have landed in some unfamiliar area,” he said.
“If you land in an unfamiliar forest area, getting out will be very difficult,” he added.
Earlier in afternoon some false news circulated in electronic media that CM has been found and that he is there alive in a guest house.
No evidence for ysr helicopter - ysr missing in nallmala forest
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