Wednesday, September 2, 2009

No contact with Andhra CM's chopper: Home Ministry


New Delhi,



New Delhi, Sept 2 (PTI) There has been no contact with the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, whose helicopter has been missing for over five hours now now after he took off from Hyderabad this morning, Home Ministry sources here said.

"There has been no no contact established with the helicopter," sources in the ministry said.

They said the situation was being monitored byHome Minister P Chidambaram and top officials who are in touch with

Andhra Pradesh government officials.

The Home Ministry spokesperson said two Air Force helicopters have been dispatched for search operations.

Civil Aviation Secretary M Madhavan Nambiar told PTI that there was no no information about the whereabouts of the helicopter. The Home Ministry was coordinating search operations, he said

PTI

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