Chopper crash: Body of 7th victim found, search ends

Press Trust of India  |  Mumbai 

The said today that the body of the last passenger missing following the Pawan Hans- crash on Saturday was recovered this evening. It said the victim has been identified as VKBL Babu. "The mortal remains of all passengers including the pilots aboard the have been recovered," it said. According to the statement, "most of the aircraft debris, including critical components such as engines, landing gear, cockpit and flight data recorder, main and tail gear boxes had been collected by Coast Guard, and Naval ships and handed over for investigation." "The search for survivors and debris of the aircraft has been terminated by Western Region," it said. officials said the force was maintaining a high-level of coordination with and other agencies to ascertain the reason for the helicopter crash that killed all seven people on board.

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First Published: Thu, January 18 2018. 23:35 IST