Ranchi, Feb. 24 -- Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday expressed grief over the air ambulance crash in Chatra district that claimed the lives of seven people.

The ill-fated Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd Beechcraft C90 aircraft, registered VT-AJV, was operating a medical evacuation flight from Ranchi to Delhi when it went down in Kasariya Panchayat under Simaria block on Monday evening at around 7:30 pm. All seven onboard, including two crew members, lost their lives.

The Jharkhand CM described the incident as "very unfortunate" and stated that the administration has been actively managing the situation since the crash, with officers reaching the accident site and retrieving the bodies.

"This is a very unfortunate incident. An ai...