Pilot dead, 3 injured after air ambulance crash-lands in Thailand
March 06, 2017 23:05
The pilot of an air-ambulance died as two doctors and a nurse from a Gurgaon hospital had a narrow escape when their plane crash-landed in Thailand.
The injured were shifted to Bankok Hospital by Army Helicopters. Our mission has just informed me that we have lost pilot of the Air Ambulance Arunaksha Nandy, tweeted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
The doctors are from the department of emergency and anaesthesia.
As the plane caught fire after the impact on Sunday, the two doctors from Gurgaons Medanta Hospital sustained burn injuries.
Yes, they have had burn injuries in the accident, but fortunately the injuries are not life-threatening, said a hospital source, requesting anonymity.
A separate team of doctors from Medanta left for Thailand later that day to ensure proper treatment for the injured doctors at a burns facility. They will help in transferring the injured from local hospital to a proper health facility, said the source.
The hospital had hired a charter plane that flew from New Delhi at 8.42am on Sunday to pick up a patient from Bangkok, who reportedly was suffering from a lung disease.
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