Chatra, Feb. 24 -- A tragic air ambulance crash in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Monday claimed the lives of all seven people onboard, including two crew members. The Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd Beechcraft C90 aircraft was operating a medical evacuation flight from Ranchi to Delhi when it crashed in Kasariya Panchayat, Simariya block, at approximately 7:30 pm.

Speaking to ANI on Monday, Dr Vikash Kumar Gupta, father of one of the deceased, said, "My elder son was posted in the Sadar Hospital, Ranchi. If there had been proper health facilities here, why would they have gone to Delhi for treatment?"

Meanwhile, confirming the fatalities, SP Sumit Kumar Agarwal said, "We got information around 10 that an accident has happened. Getting here was...