IAF Helicopter Crashes in Arunachal Pradesh

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

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.

On the other hand, the recommendations from the investigation into the Irish coast guard helicopter R116 crash must be fully contrivances; politicians have said Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan said he accepted the reports suggested in a tense debate. Rescue 116, with four crew members on board, crashed off the coast of Co Mayo at 12.46 a.m. on March 14, 2017, after colliding with Black rock Island, 12 miles off the coast. "Systemic safety concerns" were noted in an inquiry report released previously this month regarding the Irish Coast Guard helicopter tragedy.

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