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Breaking: IAF Helicopter Crash-Lands In Arunachal Pradesh, Pilots And Crew Members Safe
The incident happened when the IAF helicopter was carrying out a maintenance sortie in the area.
Itanagar: An Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter on Thursday crash-landed in Arunachal Pradesh with two pilots and three crew members. Preliminary reports suggest that all the crew members are safe.
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The incident happened when the IAF helicopter was carrying out a maintenance sortie in the area and a court of inquiry will be ordered to ascertain the reasons for the incident, reports suggested.
An IAF Mi-17 helicopter today crash-landed in eastern Arunachal Pradesh with 2 pilots&3 crew members. All are safe. Helicopter was carrying out air maintenance sortie when the incident took place. Court of inquiry will be ordered to ascertain the reasons for the incident: Sources pic.twitter.com/LGMfGrwc5P
— ANI (@ANI) November 18, 2021
Prior to this, another incident of this kind happened in September in which two pilots were killed when an Army helicopter crash-landed on a hill in Shiv Garh Dhar area in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Two pilots were killed on August 3 after an Army helicopter crashed into Ranjit Sagar Dam lake near Pathankot.
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