The Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force became a victim of the accident. Fortunately, both the pilots and three crew members in the helicopter are safe. Indian Air Force has given this information.
It is being told that the helicopter was not in use for a long time. When the pilot tried to take off on Thursday, it crashed. The reasons for the incident have not been disclosed yet. Court of Inquiry will be ordered after the accident.’
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
There have been accidents with military helicopters in the last few months. For example, in September, an army helicopter crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. Two pilots aboard were killed. In August also an army helicopter crash-landed. This helicopter had fallen into the Ranjit Sagar Dam located near Pathankot. Two pilots aboard were killed.
