**EDS: BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE** Chatra: Wreckage of an air ambulance, which carried seven people onboard while on its way from Ranchi to Delhi, after it crashed near Simaria, in Chatra district, Jharkhand, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (PTI Photo) (PTI02_23_2026_000502B)
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A Delhi-bound air ambulance carrying seven persons including two pilots crashed in Chatra district of Jharkhand on Monday evening.
According to initial reports, the King Air C90 aircraft belonging to Redbird Airways took off from Ranchi for Delhi at around 7.10 pm. Around 25 minutes later the aircraft lost contact with air traffic control when it was around 100 nautical miles from Varanasi.
“District administration search and rescue team is at the location and Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau team is being dispatched for investigation,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
The King Air aircraft had seven occupants including a patient, two attendants, doctor, a paramedic in addition to the two pilots.
Published on February 23, 2026
