Aurangabad, Feb. 24 -- Grief gripped families of the victims of the tragic air ambulance crash in Jharkhand's Chatra district, which occured on Monday evening, as the father of Doctor Vikash Kumar Gupta, one of the deceased in the crash, recalled his last conversation with his son hours before the fatal incident.

The Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd Beechcraft C90 aircraft, registered VT-AJV, was operating a medical evacuation flight from Ranchi to Delhi when it crashed in Kasariya Panchayat under Simaria block at around 7:30 pm on Monday, killing all seven people onboard, including two crew members.

Gupta's father said he learned of his son's death soon after the crash. Hailing from a poor family, he had sold his land to fund his son's educatio...