Relatives of those injured wait outside AIIMS-Nagpur
Trauma and emergency records show both were brought to AIIMS at around 11.30am. After CPR and other interventions, he was declared dead at 12.09 pm.
He told cops four persons were operating the gate, two on one side and two on the other. The lock of the sliding gate probably gave way and the structure mounted on small wheels on a rail, was pulled with force, before it fell on the side where Chafekar and Pradhan were standing, Sangode said. A senior company official said the firm was bearing medical expenses of the injured trainee and extending support to the deceased’s family, including sponsoring his children’s education. An MRO official said the gate was meant to be moved within its supports and police are probing how it travelled beyond those points and fell.
Police recorded the account of another guard, Abhishek Sangode, deployed at the runway chowki. His statement was converted into a police complaint. After tragedy struck, MRO employees swiftly rushed to the spot and took the two injured to AIIMS Nagpur. Chafekar was unresponsive and doctors found no palpable pulse. The autopsy was conducted at AIIMS Nagpur. Sonegaon police registered a case of accidental death. They are probing the circumstances that led to the collapse. They are also set to examine the lock, rail, wheels and the manner in which the gate was handled after the aircraft rolled out.