When YSR's helicopter went missing
The helicopter of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, went missing in the forests of Nallamalla on 2 September 2009. The next day, on 3 September, his mutilated body was found on the hill at Rudrakonda. Some distance from Kurnool. Four other people traveling in the helicopter with Reddy also died in this accident. India's largest search operation was launched to search for his missing helicopter, which also included low-flying aircraft of the Air Force and Sukhoi 30 MKI aircraft equipped with thermal imaging systems.
When Madhavrao Scindia's plane crashed
On 30 September 2001, Madhavrao Scindia, the shining star of Indian politics, died in a tragic plane crash at the age of 56. This accident took place in Motta village of Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh. Scindia was going to Kanpur in a private plane when the plane crashed after catching fire. In this accident, all eight people on board the plane died, including Scindia and four journalists. Scindia was a talented and popular leader and was counted among the big leaders within the Congress.
When Sanjay Gandhi's plane crashed
June 23, 1980, was a dark day in the political history of India when Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and seen as the future leader of the country, died in a plane crash. This accident happened near Safdarganj Airport of Delhi. Sanjay Gandhi, who was 33 at the time, was taking flying training in a new aircraft, the S-2A Pitts. Those planes were flying from Delhi Flying Club. During this time the plane went out of control and collided with a tree.
Balayogi's helicopter crashes in a field
A tragic event occurred in the political history of India on March 3, 2002, when the then Lok Sabha Speaker and senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader GMC Balayoga died in a plane crash. This accident happened near Mangalagiri in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Balayogi, who was 57 at the time, was traveling to Vijayawada in a helicopter. The helicopter crashed in a field in Mangalagiri, killing Balayogi and six other people on board.
When CDS Bipin Rawat lost his life in a helicopter crash
A tragic event occurred in Indian defense history on December 8, 2021, when India's first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 other military officers died in a helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. . , General Rawat, who was 63 at the time, was traveling from Western Command headquarters Udhampur to the Defense Services Staff College in Wellington in a helicopter MI-17V5. The helicopter crashed in the forests of Coonoor.
