<p> <br />“The chopper hit the cliff, crashed and exploded. All the five persons in the ill-fated helicopter were burnt to death,” state Finance Minister K Rosaiah and Chief Secretary P Ramakanth Reddy said here on Thursday. The chopper might have deviated from its path because of a large cloud formation due to bad weather and ended up hitting the cliff, they said.<br /><br />Except the tail portion, the body of the Bell-430 helicopter of AP Aviation Corporation was reduced to bits and pieces in the mishap. The helicopter crashed 10 km away from Rudrakoderu on a hostile terrain and army commandos had to slither down with the help of a rope from a rescue helicopter.<br /><br />“Initially three bodies were traced and then the fourth one was found. It took a while to locate the fifth body,” Director General of Police S S P Yadav said. The Chief Minister’s body would be placed in his camp office and shifted to Lal Bahadur Stadium where it would be kept for people to pay homage.<br /><br />Bodies identified by clothes<br /><br />The bodies of AP Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and four others were identified by their clothes as they were charred beyond recognition in the crash, reports IANS from Hyderabad.<br /><br />“We go by evidence like what clothes one is wearing. A pilot wears a particular uniform and we can find traces of that uniform on the body,” said state Director General of Police S S P Yadav.</p>
<p> <br />“The chopper hit the cliff, crashed and exploded. All the five persons in the ill-fated helicopter were burnt to death,” state Finance Minister K Rosaiah and Chief Secretary P Ramakanth Reddy said here on Thursday. The chopper might have deviated from its path because of a large cloud formation due to bad weather and ended up hitting the cliff, they said.<br /><br />Except the tail portion, the body of the Bell-430 helicopter of AP Aviation Corporation was reduced to bits and pieces in the mishap. The helicopter crashed 10 km away from Rudrakoderu on a hostile terrain and army commandos had to slither down with the help of a rope from a rescue helicopter.<br /><br />“Initially three bodies were traced and then the fourth one was found. It took a while to locate the fifth body,” Director General of Police S S P Yadav said. The Chief Minister’s body would be placed in his camp office and shifted to Lal Bahadur Stadium where it would be kept for people to pay homage.<br /><br />Bodies identified by clothes<br /><br />The bodies of AP Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and four others were identified by their clothes as they were charred beyond recognition in the crash, reports IANS from Hyderabad.<br /><br />“We go by evidence like what clothes one is wearing. A pilot wears a particular uniform and we can find traces of that uniform on the body,” said state Director General of Police S S P Yadav.</p>