Helicopter in which Andhra Pradesh chief minister, Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy is travelling has lost contact with Air controller in Hyderabad since 9:32 AM. YSR is scheduled to participate in "Racchabanda programme" in Chittoor district.  Bell 430 helicopter in which YSR is travelling went missing at around Atmakur in Kurnool district. There are 8 mobiles with people in Helicopter but none of them are receiving any signals despite BSNL has already increased the frequency of towers in that area.  12 helicopters are searching across "Nallamala forest" to locate Andhra Pradesh chief minister. Andhra Pradesh government requested people in that region to search entire forest area. Police and forest department people are searching for chief minister for the last 8 hours (since 9:32 am).    Timeline of the incident:  8:32 AM: Helicopter took off from Begumpet Airport  9:00 AM: Entered Nallamala forest  9:32 AM: Lost contact with Air controller  7:30 PM: No information about CM safety.  No communication with Andhra CM for the last 9 hours.    Click here to read YSR profile.  … [Read more...]