New Delhi: There has been no contact
with the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, whose helicopter has
been missing for over five hours now after he took off
from Hyderabad Wednesday morning, Home Ministry sources here said.
"There has been no contact established with the
helicopter," sources in the ministry said.
They said the situation was being monitored by Home
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 said
that there was no information about the whereabouts of the
helicopter. The Home Ministry was coordinating search
operations, he said.
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