A helicopter crashed in Pune due to strong winds and bad weather on Saturday. The helicopter was carrying a total of four people, including the captain.

The chopper, an AW 139, took off from Juhu in Mumbai and was going to Hyderabad when it crashed in the Paud area. As per preliminary details, no casualties have been reported. The captain, Anand, sustained injuries in the incident and has been taken to Sadar Hospital for treatment.

The chopper was operated by Global Vectra Helicorp. 

Back in May, a private helicopter which was flying to pick up Shiv Sena Deputy Leader Sushma Andhare, had suddenly crashed on landing. The pilot of the chopper managed to jump off before the crash and survived.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued orange alerts, warning of heavy rainfall, for Pune and Satara districts of western Maharashtra. 

A low pressure area over east central Arabian Sea off the Maharashtra coast will bring rain to most parts of Maharashtra in the next 48 hours, an IMD official has said.

A private helicopter owned by a private aviation company crashed near Paud village in Pune district. The helicopter was en route from Mumbai to Hyderabad with four people onboard. “Among the 4 people who were in the Helicopter, captain sustained injuries and is hospitalised. The rest of the three persons are in stable condition,” SP Pankaj Deshmukh of Pune Rural Police said.

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