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IAF Helicopter Crashes in Arunachal Pradesh

When the incident occurred in eastern Arunachal Pradesh the helicopter was carrying out a sortie in the area

Sentinel Digital Desk

ITANAGAR: An Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter crash-landed in eastern Arunachal Pradesh with two pilots and three crew members onboard. All of them are safe.

They're all perfectly safe and fine. However, one engineer suffered a minor injury.

The helicopter was carrying out a maintenance sortie from Hayuliang to Rochham when the incident took place. A court of inquiry will be ordered to ascertain the reasons for the incident, sources said.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troops from Rochham post carried out the rescue operation.

Last month in the Udhampur district Of Jammu and Kashmir when an army helicopter crash-landed on a hill in the Shiv Garh Dhar area, two pilots were killed near PatniTop tourist resort. In the month of August also 3 pilots were killed an Army helicopter crashed into Ranjit Sagar Dam lake near Pathankot.
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