'Take care': Pilot's final words to wife in his last call before Kedarnath chopper crash
'Take care': Pilot's final words to wife in his last call before Kedarnath chopper crash
"Take care of my daughter. She is unwell," were the final words of pilot Anil Singh when he spoke to his wife a day before he perished along with six pilgrims onboard when his helicopter crashed into a hill in Uttarakhand because of poor visibility.
The 57 year-old was living in a high class housing society in the Andheri suburb of the metropolis and lived with his wife Shireen Anandita and daughter Firoza Singh.
The chopper -- Bell 407 (VT-RPN) -- owned by the Aryan Aviation -- was carrying pilgrims from Kedarnath temple to Guptkashi when it crashed into a hill due to poor visibility, bursting into flames at around 11.45 am at Dev Darshini in Garud Chatti, Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh said.
According to Anandita, she and her daughter will be leaving for New Delhi to perform the last rites of her husband.
"His last call to us was yesterday. My daughter is not keeping well. He told me to take care of her," Anandita, who is a film writer, told PTI over the phone.
Originally from Delhi's Shahadra locality, Mr Singh was living in Mumbai for the past 15 years.
Anandita, however, said that she had no "complaint against anyone as an accident is an accident".
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