YSR’s chopper deviated from route,hit a cliff

The helicopter carrying Y S R Reddy from Hyderabad to Chittoor deviated 18 km from its path towards east in in Kurnool district,before it hit a cliff and crashed.

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Hyderabad | September 3, 2009 04:32 PM IST

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The helicopter carrying Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy from Hyderabad to Chittoor on Wednesday deviated 18 km from its path towards east,near Rudrakoduru in the Nallamala forest range in Kurnool district,before it hit a cliff and crashed.

“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 in Hyderabad on Thursday.