Pawan Hans

Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) is a transport service operated as a central public sector undertaking based at Noida in Delhi NCR, India. It is a Mini Ratna-I category PSU under the ownership of Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India. It has cumulatively flown more than 1 million hours and has had 2.5 million landings on its fleet since its formation. The registered office is located in New Delhi. The corporate headquarter is located at Sector-1 in Noida with regional office at New Delhi, Mumbai and Guwahati. The operations are based at the Juhu Aerodrome in Vile Parle (West), Mumbai.[1]

It is the country's only government-owned-helicopter service provider with the objective of providing helicopter support services to the oil sector for its offshore exploration operations, services in remote areas, and charter services for the promotion of tourism.

History

Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) was incorporated on 15 October 1985 as the Helicopter Corporation of India (HCI). It commenced its operations on 1 November 1985 with 2 British Westland helicopters and later acquired 21 more helicopters. Union government

Accidents and incidents

In 2011, PHHLs operations in the North Eastern States of India came under serious public criticism due to safety issues.[32] After the crash that killed the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu and five others, it operations in the North East region were suspended and DGCA was asked to conduct safety audit of the company. The operations were resumed in January 2013. But yet another accident took place on 4 August 2015 killing 3 people on board, including an IAS officer.[33]

July 1988: A Westland crashed near Vaishno Devi killing 5 passengers and two crew members.

August 1988: A Dauphin crashed in sea near Madras killing 8 passengers and two pilots.

Feb 1989: A helicopter crashed near Kohima killing 2 pilots and a technician.

1 Dec 1989: A helicopter crashed in Juhu airport.

15 Dec 1989: Helicopter crashed in Ganga near Patna killing 7 people.

May 8, 2001: Arunachal Pradesh education minister Dera Natung died when a Pawan Hans helicopter carrying him from Itanagar to West Kameng crashed due to rough weather.

30 Sep 2001: Helicopter crashlanded at the airport containing A. P. J. Kalam. No one was hurt.

6 May 2002: A Pawan Hans Dauphin helicopter carrying eight ONGC personnel crashed into Arabian Sea. All 10 people survived.[34]

22 Sep 2004: Meghalaya Community and Rural Development Minister Cyprian Sangma, two MLAs and a former Deputy Speaker were killed when a Pawan Hans helicopter A 365N crashed near Shillong.[35][36]

26 Sep 2007: A PHI Ambulance helicopter crashed while landing at the Kavaratti helipad. All 3 people on helicopter escaped.[37]

06 Aug 2010: A Pawan Hans crew member fell 10000 ft to his death at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh, while trying to close a door of that had flung open during a flight.[38][39]

16 Dec 2010: A Pawan Hans Dauphin 365 N3 helicopter[40] crashed barely 30 minutes before it State Industries and Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia at Chandigarh Airport, leaving the pilots injured.[41][42]

19 Apr 2011: A Pawan Hans Mil Mi-172 on a flight from Guwahati to Tawang, crashed in a gorge and caught fire while trying to land near Tawang. Out of 23 people on board, 17 were killed.[43][44]

29 Apr 2011: A Pawan Hans AS350 B-3 helicopter carrying Dorjee Khandu, the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, and four other people, Tawang to Itanagar went missing. It was traced four days later near Lobthang. All 5 people were found dead.[45]

29 Dec 2012: A Pawan Hans had to make a emergency landing. It was carrying 6 pilgrims and 1 pilot to Vaishnodevi. No one died but were injured.[46]

04 Aug 2015: A Pawan Hans Dauphin N3 twin-engined aircraft carrying Tirap Deputy Commissioner Kamlesh Kumar Joshi, a 2010 batch IAS officer, and pilots M S Brar and Rajeev Hoskote crashed killing all its occupants.[47][48]

[[File:Debris from the Pawan Hans Limited Helicopter located by an ONGC Ship in the Offshore Development Area (03).jpg|thumb|Debris from the Pawan Hans Limited Helicopter located by an ONGC Ship 4 July 2015]]04 Nov 2015: Pawan Hans Helicopter (Aerospatiale Dauphin) employed in offshore oil platform service crashed into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai. The Helicopter was on night flying practice when the incident happened and was occupied by two pilots only, no passengers were present. Both the pilots perished in the incident.[49][50]

13 Jan 2018: Pawan Hans Helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea Off the coast of Mumbai while ferrying seven people including ONGC personnel. The bodies of the seven people, including five senior ONGC officers, debris from the aircraft was located.[51]

28 June 2022: Pawan Hans Sikorsky helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea killing four people, including three ONGC personnel. Five others were rescued.[52][53]

24 Feb 2026: A helicopter with seven people on board, including 2 crew members and 5 passengers, took off from Port Blair around 0845 hours IST. The copter ditched into the sea for an emergency landing near Mayabunder at around 0930 hours IST. An emergency response team reached the site and rescued everyone safely. The passengers included three men, a woman and a child. The company described the incident as a "short landing incident".[54][55]

airline	Pawan Hans Limited
icao	PHE
callsign	PAWAN HANS
hubs	Juhu Aerodrome, Mumbai
fleet size	47
parent	Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India
num employees	569 (31 March 2023)
founded	October 15, 1985 (as Helicopter Corporation of India)
commenced	November 1, 1985
headquarters	Sector-1, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
secondary hubs	Rohini Heliport, Delhi
revenue	▲inr 3729000000(2020–21)
operating income	▲inr -187100000(2020-21)
net income	▲inr -88659000(2020-21)
website	www.pawanhans.co.in/english/index.aspx

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Jal Hans

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