Chopper crash kills 2 officers and jawan
Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 5:08 am
Reports say the debris of an army chopper that crashed yesterday (August 15) has been found in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. The debris of the chopper was found during an aerial search early this morning. Two army majors and a jawan were killed when a helicopter crashed in eastern Ladakh, a Defence spokesman in Jammu today (August 16).
Lt Col S D Goswami said an army helicopter with two pilots — Major Padmanabhan and Major S Ganapathy of the Army Aviation Squadron at Leh — had taken off on a rescue mission in eastern Ladakh yesterday to evacuate a casualty.
The helicopter lost contact with the air traffic control (ATC) while returning to Leh in bad weather. The wreckage was found near a mountain pass in the eastern Ladakh. Both the pilots and jawan E Narsaih, who was being evacuated, were killed. The army has ordered a court of inquiry.
(With inputs from PTI)
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