Chatra, Feb. 24 -- Following the tragic crash of a Redbird Airways air ambulance aircraft near Simaria on Monday, Ramesh Kumar, Second in Command of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), said all seven people on board, including two crew members, were killed.

Rescue teams faced severe challenges navigating the dense jungle and carrying the bodies over a two-kilometre stretch to the main road.

Speaking to ANI, Ramesh Kumar said, "We received information that a plane had crashed. This area is quite inland. There's no road at all for two kilometres. When we arrived here at night, we saw that no one was found alive. The bodies were retrieved...It was very difficult to retrieve the bodies. We had to carry them from here for two kilometres on one side. ...