Live updates: Andhra Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy dead

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Live updates: Andhra Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy dead

2009-09-02 18:27:47
Last Updated: 2009-09-04 17:24:46

Live updates from TV channels on the operation to search for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, after his helicopter went missing in densely forested Maoist stronghold around 9.30 am Wednesday, September 2, 2009.

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5.24 pm: YSR laid to rest

5.22 pm: YSR's coffin being lowered into the grave

5.05 pm: Andhra ministers express support for YSR's son as CM in a letter

4.55 pm: YSR's son Jagan thanks public for support

4.22 pm: YSR's wife Vijayalakshmi and relatives gather near the body

YSR will be laid to rest at the family estate Edupulapaya in Pulivendula

4.19 pm: Coffin with YSR body being shifted to burial spot

4.15 pm: Supporters, mourners gather at burial ground

4:00 pm: YSR's body reaches Pulivendula

2:20 pm: YSR`s body flown to native place for burial

1.35 pm: YSR's body moved to airport ahead of schedule

1.25 pm: Several injured in stampede at LB Stadium

1.18 pm: YSR Jagan breaks down while thanking supporters

12.43 pm: Will recommend sat phones on board VIP flights: Praful Patel

Probing earlier crashes may have saved YSR

STATE FUNERAL AT 5 PM AT IDUPULAPALAYA IN ANDHRA

12.05 pm: Advani, Gowda among leaders who pay homage

11.52 am: Body reaches Lal Bahadur Stadium

11.45 am: Thousands turn out to pay homage to YSR

11.05 am: Mourners reportedly lathicharged

10.15 am: YSR`s body being taken to Lal Bahadur Stadium

9.15 am: PM, Sonia pay homage to YSR

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5.55 pm: President condoles YSR`s death

5.45 pm: YSR`s body arrives in Hyderabad

5.15 pm: It`s a huge loss for ever, says Sonia

4.50 pm: SMS helped narrow down search to 4-km area

4.15 pm: Postmortem over; bodies being taken to Hyderabad

4.05 pm: Postmortem being conducted on YSR`s body

3.45 pm: Nation has lost an ideal Chief Minister, says PM

3.35 pm: PM sends condolence message to YSR`s family

3.15 pm:Chopper was airworthy, says Praful Patel

3. 00 pm: A great loss to Congress, says Jaya

2.50 pm: Charred bodies of YSR, others identified by clothes

2.45 pm: Pilots were experienced, says Praful Patel

2:35: Chidambaram says bodies of YSR and others were charred beyond recognition

2.20 pm: All bodies arrive at Kurnool

2.00 pm: YSR`s supporters request his son Y S Jagan to take over as CM

1.58 pm: Cable operators in Andhra stop airing entertainment channels

YSR: A man of the masses

1.50 pm: 3 dead bodies have reached the Kurnool Government Hospital

1.40 pm: Congress MP`s request YSR`s family to do the final ceremony in Hyderabad

1.35 pm: Chandrababu meets YSR`s family

1.25 pm: 8 people reportedly die of heart attack after hearing the news of YSR`s death

1.15 pm: AP govt declares 7-day mourning

1.11 pm: Union cabinet mourns YSR

1.10 pm: Bodies of YSR and others got burnt and were in a state of decomposition because of the rain

1.05 pm:It looks like the helicopter hit a cliff and exploded

1.00 pm: Today and tomorrow are declared holidays in AP

12.45 pm: The body will be taken to his native place Pulivendula at 2 pm for funeral

12.35 pm: Public can pay homage to YSR from 10 am to 1 pm tomorrow (Sept 4)

12.30 pm: Body will be placed in Lal Bahadur Stadium for the public to pay tribute

12.25 pm: YSR death is 'big loss' for Andhra: Karat

12.20 pm: Gujarat CM Narendra Modi condoles YSR`s death

12.12 pm: New CM may be appointed in 2-3 days

12.08 pm: Congress Working Committee to meet at 4 pm

12.08 pm: Cong worker commits suicide after hearing news of YSR`s death

12.02 pm: AP Governor N D Tivari visits CM`s family

11.58 am: TN declares holiday for govt offices and educations institutions

11.52 am: YSR`s body expected to reach Hyderabad by 5 PM

11.50 am: Special secretary Subramaniam, CSO Wesly,and 2 pilots are the other dead

11.45 am: I lost a good friend, says Chandrababu Naidu

11.40 am: Congress workers from all over the state coming to Hyderabad

11.32 am: Finance Minister Rosiah to be acting CM

11.30 am: Chidambaram to make a statement about the crash

11.22 am: PM, Sonia to go to Hyderabad

11.20 am: Home Minister to brief media

11.14 am: One of the saddest event of my career: AP Governor

11.09 am: PM, Sonia to go to Hyderabad

YSR WAS ON A SURPRISE VISIT TO VILLAGES TO CHECK DROUGHT SITUATION

PALL OF GLOOM SETS IN ENTIRE STATE

Mourning at YSR's residence

11.04 am: Sonia Gandhi to leave for Hyderabad shortly

11.03 am: Bodies to be sent for post-mortem

11.01 am: YSR chopper found burnt and mangled

10.58 am: Home Minister to brief the media shortly

10.57 am: Official confirmation in a while: Sources

10.54 am: YSR body retrieved from crash site: Sources

Andhra CM dies in chopper crash

10.51 am: FIVE BODIES FOUND IN WRECKAGE AT 9.50 AM

10.50 am: PM's meeting confirms YSR killed

YSR REDDY DIES

10.48 am: FIVE BODIES FOUND AT CRASH SITE

10.44 am: Ghatak platoons reach YSR chopper site

10.42 am: NOTE FROM YSR COPTER ABOUT CRASH SITE RECOVERED

10.37 am: Commandos at crash site

10.30 am: Air Commodore Bharti to brief media

10.28 am: Air force to address media shortly

10.24 am: IAF sending signals about specifics of the location

10.20 am: Para commandos land on Srisailam hill

10.18 am: Chopper found in Srisailam hill, 8 kms from Rudrakonda

10.15 am: Seems like chopper has crash landed: Union Home Secretary

10.12 am: Crash site is 8 kms from Rudrakonda

10.09 am: PMO sources: Chopper in mangled and burnt state

10.07 am: PMO SOURCES: SURVIVORS UNLIKELY

10.04 am: Ghatak platoons reaching hill top

10.02 am: Home Minister briefs Sonia

10.00 am:Rudrakonda hill 10 kms from Atmapur

9.58 am: Commandos slither down to YSR chopper crash site

9.57 am: MHA directs forces to be ready for any eventuality

9.56 am: PM Chairs high-level meet

9.55 am: SOURCES SAY CHOPPER IS IN MANGLED STATE

YSR copter debris found atop a hill:IAF

9.52 am: Chidambaram to brief Sonia

9.50 am: Weather and hilly terrain complicate rescue operations

9.45 am: Not sure if the chopper crashed: IAF

9.30 am: Search team on foot to reach spot in 20 minutes

9.30 am: Chopper located BETWEEN ROLLAPENTA AND RUDRAKUNTA

9.24 am: Search team to reach YSR chopper crash site in 20 minutes

9.22 am: Home Ministry confirms chopper traced

9.19 am: Home Minister Chidambaram is meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh now

9.17 am: Congress core committee meeting at 9.30 am

9.15 am: Congress takes stock of situation

YSR CHOPPER TRACED ALMOST AFTER 24 HOURS

9.14 am: IAF helicopters scanning the area

9.12 am: IAF helicopters flying over the region

NO CONFIRMATION ON YSR'S SAFETY

9.09 am: Dense forest hampering landing of IAF copters: Rescue official

9.08 am: IAF copters waiting to land at spot: Rescue official

9.07 am: 2 Army choppers leave for the spot

9.05 am: We can't confirm if it's a crash or not: IAF

9.03 am: Search team to reach the spot in 30 minutes

SURVIVORS UNLIKELY IN THE COPTER WRECKAGE: IAF

9.03 am: Search team to reach the spot in 30 minutes

9.02 am: Survivors unlikely: IAF

9.00 am: Located chopper on the top of the hill: IAF

8.58 am: Chopper located at Vellikonda, Kurnool

8.55 am: Traces found 49 nautical miles from Kurnool

8.55 am: Unconfirmed sources say traces of chopper found
YSR CHOPPER TRACED 40 NAUTICAL MILES FROM KURNOOL

8.50 am: Para commando battalion pressed into service

8.40 am: Multiple search parties scan dense Nallamalla forest

8.10 am: Search area reduced to 225 sq km

7.50 am: Search intensified in the Krishna river

Fate of YSR still uncertain; Forces resume search

7.40 am: Satellites to conduct Flybys by 9.30 am and 10.30 am

7.30 am: ISRO to use Cartosat I and II to map Nallamalla forest area

7.20 am: Army, state police intensify search operations

Air tragedies not new for Indian political leaders

7.10 am: Former naxals also being used in search ops: police

7.00 am: Greyhounds to enter Nallamalla forest from Atmakur: police

6.55 am: 700 villagers assist in ongoing search operation in Nallamalla: police

6.50 am: 4 copters take off from Kurnool to search for CM: Andhra police

6.45 am: Three-pronged search to trace Andhra CM: Police

6.36 am: Sonia Gandhi to visit Hyderabad today

Search for YSR is now country's biggest rescue operation

6.32 am: Law minister Moily, MoS Prithviraj Chavan in Hyderabad

6.30 am: Search operation focus reduced to 5 kms now

6.20 am: Heavy rains hampering search operations

6.10 am: No US satellite images sought: NSA

6.00 am: ISRO images fail to detect YSR chopper

5.00 am: ISRO takes 41 images of the area

3.15 am: Jawans carrying night vision equipment aid search

2.35 am: Rain hampering search operations

1.15 am: President Pratibha Patil expresses concern over Reddy's fate

12.45 am: Search focus area 200-400 sqkm

No emergency signals received from YSR's missing chopper

12.03 am: Helicopter was in possession of a valid Certificate of Airworthiness with validity up to December 5, 2010: Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Andhra CM still missing

Andhra CM YSR dead

Live updates

Chopper was not airworthy: DGCA

Naxal strike ruled out

Chiranjeevi prays for YSR's safety

IAF jet joins search

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

11.55 pm: "I plan to make surprise visits to 2-3 villages a month to check the implementation of policies," YSR's comment before he boarded the chopper

11.50 pm: 5 companies of CRPF in search operation: Home Ministry

11.40 pm: Dornier 228 twin engine aircraft was launched from IAF Base at Yelahanka for search: AP govt

11.30 pm: Jawans carrying night vision equipment to aid search

11.25 pm: Sukhoi Jet with night vision scanning the area

11.20 pm: One in million chance that the pilot brought down the chopper safely: AP govt

11.15 pm: Air search to begin at 6.30 am on Thursday: AP govt

11.10 pm: Army: Helicopters deployed, forces on stand by

11.05 pm: Heavy rain creating problem in search operation: AP govt

Air tragedies not new for Indian political leaders

10.59 pm: More forces to be sent tomorrow

Sonia consults party colleagues on Reddy

10.52 pm: Tribal teams formed for search

10.47 pm: ISRO sent 41 images, to be processed in 4-5 hours: AP govt

Pilots of Andhra CM`s helicopter identified

10.35 pm: One of ISRO satellite images show helicopter to have crash landed: PTI

10.35 pm: Requesting civilians to join search: AP govt

10.30 pm: Night search operations on

10.27 pm: Heavy rains expected in the forest area in next 48 hours: AP govt

10.22 pm: Congress core committee meet at 9.30 am tomorrow

10.20 pm: Search down to 20 kms in Nallamalla forest

10.15 pm: ISRO has taken 41 images so far: AP govt

10.10 pm: Helicopter was air-worthy: AP govt

10.08 pm: Chopper flown by experienced pilots: AP govt

10.04 pm: Ground level ops intensified: AP Finance Minister

10.00 pm: We are using modern technology to intensify search: AP chief secretary

9.55 pm: Search will be on till we find wreckage or survivors: NSA

9.50 pm: Four choppers to begin search operation at day break

9.46 pm: Additional forces on stand by: Home Secretary

9.43 pm: No distress beacon signal received: Andhra Chief Secretary

NSA rules out Naxal strike on YSR's chopper

9.43 pm: Boats searching River Krishna

9.42 pm: Search parties of police, tribals to work all night

9.40 pm: First report of Sukhoi sweep expected at 22.30

9.37 pm: Rescue operations on a war footing

9.32 pm: Sonia Gandhi speaks to YSR's son

9.28 pm: P. Raju: FAilure of ELT gives hope that chopper could have landed safely

Andhra CM Y Rajashekara Reddy still not traceable; search on

9.26 pm: Naxals do not have capability to bring down chopper: NSA

9.20 pm: Two aircraft with special radar to see through clouds deployed

9.16 pm: Andhra has history of Naxal violences, so not taking chances: NSA

9.12 pm: ATC Hyderabad confirms chopper had fuel for 2.45 hours

9.08 pm: We hope to forward movement in 24 hours: NSA M K Narayan

9.05 pm: All night massive search ops ordered

9.00 pm: All imaging data will be analysed Thursday morning: National Security Advisor

8.55 pm: Naxal strike ruled out

8.52 pm: ISRO's low-flying aircraft has some first images: sources

Missing Andhra CM was undertaking a secret visit to villages

8.51 pm: Focussing on Nallamalla as some have spotted a chopper this morning: AP govt

8.50 pm: Search on in six districts of Andhra: State government

8.46 pm: Army to use thermal imaging equipment

8.42 pm: Chopper that YSR travelled was only used to train pilots: PTI

8.37 pm: Emergency Location Transponders to be used in rescue ops

8.35 pm: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee calls on Sonia

8.33 pm: Sukhois to begin their operation in 10 minutes

8.31 pm: Satellite images being used to trace the plane

8.28 pm: Sonia Gandhi to travel to Hyderabad

8.27 pm: Forces sent to the area: Chidambaram

8.25 pm: Andhra Government: PM monitoring situation

8.20 pm: More forces to be sent tomorrow

8.16 pm: ISRO's special aircraft joins search

8.11 pm: Chidambaram: No helipcopter searches at night

Helicopter search for YSR called off: Chidambaram

8.11 pm: Sukhoi 30 aircraft joins search

8.10 pm: Pilot deviated from flight plan: sources

8.07 pm: 20 search teams in search operations

8.05 pm: India calls on US defence to help in search operations

YSR still not traceable, search operation on

8.02 pm: Images from ISRO to be available in one hour

8.00 pm: AP government to focus search on Nallamalla forest

7.58 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi calls YSR's wife

7.55 pm: Anti naxal force grey hounds out there

7.50 pm: Aerial search called off for now due to bad weather

7.45 pm: Naidu, Chiranjeevi pray for Reddy's safety

7.40 pm: No good news yet: Chidambaram

7.35 pm: Congress sends Moily to Hyderabad

7.30 pm: Andhra CM was on way from Hyderabad to Chittoor

7.25 pm: Contact with YSR's chopper lost at 9.12 am

7.15 pm: Sukhoi 30S to search all night

7.00 pm: Helicopter search stopped

6.50 pm: ISRO roped in for search

6:48 pm: Andhra CM's chopper not airworthy: DGCA

6.45 pm: Anti-Naxal force to be roped in for search

6.35 pm: Seven choppers on search mission

6.30 pm: Low flying aircraft carrying out search

6.27 pm: IAF joins search operations

6.25 pm: Helicopter goes missing amid bad weather near Kurnool

6:20pm: Last contact with CM's helicopter made at 9.12 am this morning

6:05pm: YSR helicopter took off from Hyderabad to Chittoor

6:00 pm: Andhra CM Y Rajashekara Reddy missing

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