AAIB to probe Mumbai helicopter crash

December 11, 2016 17:32

Apex aircraft investigation body, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will probe the helicopter crash in Goregaon suburb of Mumbai today in which one person was killed and three others were injured.

Aviation regulator DGCA has already started collecting evidence from the crash site which would help the AAIB in its probe, a senior official said. "The DGCA officials are already on the crash site to collect evidence for probe. Since, ab initio its an accident, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will be conducting a probe into it. We are sending a team of investigators to Mumbai tomorrow to start the probe," a senior AAIB official said.

The official said that the AAIB is expected complete its preliminary investigation in one week's time.

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