Chopper carrying Lulu Group head crash lands in Kerala; taken to hospital

A helicopter carrying seven people including NRI businessman M A Yusuf Ali crash-landed at a marshy land near here on Sunday morning

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Lulu Group | Kerala

Press Trust of India  |  Kochi 

A helicopter carrying Indian Lulu Group head MA Yusuff Ali and his wife crash-landed near Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) campus in Panangad.
A helicopter carrying Indian Lulu Group head MA Yusuff Ali and his wife crash-landed near Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) campus in Panangad.

A helicopter carrying seven people

including NRI businessman M A Yusuf Ali crash-landed at a marshy land near here on Sunday morning, police said here.

All passengers including Yusuf Ali, his wife and three staff members of his and two crew members on board the chopper owned by have been admitted to a private hospital here.

"All of them are safe. They are currently under observation," a top official of the Lakeshore hospital where they are treated told P T I.

The incident occurred at Panangad area at around 8.30 AM on Sunday.

A major accident was averted as the chopper crash landed in a marshy land, locals said.

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First Published: Sun, April 11 2021. 11:36 IST
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