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Govt orders inquiry into helicopter crash killing Balayogi

The government on Sunday ordered a high-level inquiry into the helicopter crash, which killed Lok Sabha Speaker G M C Balayogi saying no in-flight emergency was reported from it.

The Civil Aviation Ministry has appointed a committee of inquiry headed by Lt General A Natarajan who will be assisted by two technical members, to look into the incident.

"The helicopter had not reported any in-flight emergency to Hyderabad or Chennai ATC," a ministry statement said.

The Deccan Aviation Bell 206 helicopter was on a non-scheduled flight from Bhimavaram, it said, adding that according to the witnesses foggy conditions and poor visibility prevailed in the area at the time of the accident.

The helicopter was manufactured in 1991 and had valid certificate of airworthiness.

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