<span style="color: #222222;">In Chhattisgarh, two pilots were killed in a helicopter crash at Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur last night.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that the incident took place when the Chhattisgarh state helicopter was on a routine training sortie.<br />''<br />'' Raipur senior superintendent of police Prashant Agrawal said that two pilots on board the chopper were seriously injured in the crash and immediately taken to a nearby private hospital where they were declared dead. <br />''<br />''The deceased were identified as Captian Gopal Krishna Panda and Captain A P Shrivastava. According to the statement issued by the state government, initial indications suggest technical malfunction as the cause of crash.<br />''<br />'' A detailed technical investigation at the behest of DGCA and State Government shall be undertaken to ascertain the exact cause.<br />''<br />''Governor Anusuiya Uikey and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed deep anguish at the loss of lives and offered condolences to the bereaved families. </span><br />