<p>The advance light helicopter came crashing on the runway from a height of 100 feet during the test flight, injuring pilot P D Tiwari, co-pilot Brig P D Tiwari, and technical officers Anand Bharti, Pankaj Pal and Subroto Chandra, SP Diptanshu Kabra said.<br />The injured have been taken to hospital where the condition of Tiwari is state to be critical.<br /><br />According to Kabra, the helicopter was damaged due to the crash. Work is on to remove it from the runway.<br /><br />A team of senior police officials of the state have rushed to the site and the cause behind the mishap is being ascertained, he said.<br /><br />Mana Airport general manager Anil Rai said after reaching a height of about 100 feet the helicopter, which was carrying five persons, crashed on the runway.<br /><br />Not much is known about the crash as the two pilots are injured, he said.<br />Due to the crash, a Mumbai-bound Air India flight and a Jet Airways flight to Bangalore were delayed. Other flight operations too were affected, he said.<br /><br />The incident would be probed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Rai said.<br /><br />The BSF is deployed in the Naxal-hit Kanker district in Chhattisgarh and uses the helicopters to transport injured jawans and relief material. </p>
<p>The advance light helicopter came crashing on the runway from a height of 100 feet during the test flight, injuring pilot P D Tiwari, co-pilot Brig P D Tiwari, and technical officers Anand Bharti, Pankaj Pal and Subroto Chandra, SP Diptanshu Kabra said.<br />The injured have been taken to hospital where the condition of Tiwari is state to be critical.<br /><br />According to Kabra, the helicopter was damaged due to the crash. Work is on to remove it from the runway.<br /><br />A team of senior police officials of the state have rushed to the site and the cause behind the mishap is being ascertained, he said.<br /><br />Mana Airport general manager Anil Rai said after reaching a height of about 100 feet the helicopter, which was carrying five persons, crashed on the runway.<br /><br />Not much is known about the crash as the two pilots are injured, he said.<br />Due to the crash, a Mumbai-bound Air India flight and a Jet Airways flight to Bangalore were delayed. Other flight operations too were affected, he said.<br /><br />The incident would be probed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Rai said.<br /><br />The BSF is deployed in the Naxal-hit Kanker district in Chhattisgarh and uses the helicopters to transport injured jawans and relief material. </p>