Some distraught family members said the aircraft was old and should not have been declared airworthy, even as reports emerged that the pilots of the ill-fated aircraft did all they could to bring it down safely with as little damage as possible to those on the ground.
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The family members of another personnel said they were being told that the BSF fleet was growing old and new acquisitions were stuck in “red tape”.
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Last morning, a team of six engineers was going to rectify a technical snag in the plane while the BSF aircraft was on the way to Ranchi base, when the accident occurred around 10:00 hrs.
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“This is worrying, for us and everyone who is associated with this wing. We are the sufferers in the end”, said Sub- Inspector Rabinder Kumar’s daughter, who fainted several times during the ceremony.
Captain Shivrain’s family has alleged that the aircraft was old.
The three officers and other technicians and engineers flying the lone 1995 vintage Superking B-200 of the Border Security Force were also trained to handle the most modern asset the force has inducted recently in its inventory – the Mi-17 V5.
“Even until two days back the aircraft returned after a good duty”, BSF Director General DK Pathak told the media here. The aircraft hit the wall of a sewage treatment plant just outside the airport boundary, a member of the fire services on the scene said. BSF sources had said the technicians were on the way to Ranchi to fix a helicopter.
The small twin-engine plane went up in flames after crashing into a wall shortly after take-off from the capital’s Indira Gandhi International airport.
“We don’t know whether there was a failure of engine power, and in spite of that, he (pilot) tried to land or take a left turn”.
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Indian Union Minister of State Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said that an investigation has been ordered.
