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Coronavirus | Demand for air ambulances soars as virus exposes crumbling healthcare Updated: Updated: May 11, 2021 23:07 IST Despite high costs, requests for airlifting COVID patients from ill-equipped northern States to southern medical hubs has multiplied manifold Share Article AAA Aggregators and charter plane operators say the demand for air transportation of patients has increased ten-fold.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Despite high costs, requests for airlifting COVID patients from ill-equipped northern States to southern medical hubs has multiplied manifold Last week, a Beechcraft King Air C 90 air ambulance from Bagdogra lost its right wheel while taking off from Nagpur after refuelling. The aircraft was carrying a COVID-19 patient for treatment in Mumbai. The pilot was alerted but he kept flying to burn fuel before coming in to land. After hovering over Mumbai, he finally made a belly-landing without any casualties.

West bengalMadhya pradeshTamil naduUttar pradeshAndhra pradeshA satish kumarRiyaz khanPavan hansSachit wadhwaRajan mehraSatyendra mishraSunil karanthSunil narayananRk hari prasadShalini nalwadMinistry of health