Five killed as India military chopper crashes

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Five killed as India military chopper crashes
AFP | Published — Friday 6 October 2017

NEW DELHI: An Indian military helicopter crashed in a disputed area near the border with China on Friday, killing five troops and injuring a sixth, an Air Force officer said.
The Russian-made MI-17 helicopter was on a training sortie in the mountainous district of Tawang near the border with Tibet when it crashed, the officer said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the collision.
“Five personnel have died and one is critically injured. Manpower and machines are on job to retrieve bodies and injured,” the officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Tawang is in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which is also claimed by China.
It is a strategically important border district and came briefly under Chinese control during the 1962 war between the two neighboring countries.
India’s Air Force has a high rate of crashes owing to its aging fleet. More than 170 pilots have lost their lives over the last three decades.
India is spending billions of dollars to modernize its decades-old fleet.

 

[wiseone2]

Five killed as India military chopper crashes
AFP | Published — Friday 6 October 2017

NEW DELHI: An Indian military helicopter crashed in a disputed area near the border with China on Friday, killing five troops and injuring a sixth, an Air Force officer said.
The Russian-made MI-17 helicopter was on a training sortie in the mountainous district of Tawang near the border with Tibet when it crashed, the officer said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the collision.
“Five personnel have died and one is critically injured. Manpower and machines are on job to retrieve bodies and injured,” the officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Tawang is in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which is also claimed by China.
It is a strategically important border district and came briefly under Chinese control during the 1962 war between the two neighboring countries.
India’s Air Force has a high rate of crashes owing to its aging fleet. More than 170 pilots have lost their lives over the last three decades.
India is spending billions of dollars to modernize its decades-old fleet.

this is not an old chopper. It is a v5 variant which was purchased recently

 

[Yerusalem 4880 Kms]

The Ministry of Defence said the helicopter was carrying supplies to a forward post of the Indian Army in hilly terrain. The helicopter crashed close to the dropping zone and caught fire immediately.
Five personnel of Indian Air Force (IAF) and two of Indian Army on board an IAF Mi-17 V5 helicopter were killed when it crashed and burst into flames Friday morning in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, close to the China border. The crash took place around 7 am when the helicopter, which had taken off from an Army helipad at Khrimu on the outskirts of Tawang town, was approaching an Army location to drop supplies — it was the second sortie of the day for the helicopter. The crash site, inaccessible by road, is around 120 km north-east of Tawang town, close to the China border.

A court of inquiry has been ordered into the crash. The Ministry of Defence said the helicopter was carrying supplies to a forward post of the Indian Army in hilly terrain. The helicopter crashed close to the dropping zone and caught fire immediately.

The seven on board were identified as Wing Commander V Upadhyay, captain of the helicopter, Squadron Leader S Tewari, co-pilot, Master Warrant Officer A K Singh, Sergeant Gautam Kumar, Sergeant Satish Kumar, Sepoy H N Deka and Sepoy E Balaji. The Ministry said all sustained fatal injuries in the crash.
Army personnel from the nearest location managed to reach the crash site — inaccessible by road — within a few hours of the incident. Tawang SP M K Meena said the seven bodies were airlifted and brought to Khrimu. Meena said the bodies were flown to the IAF base in Tezpur in Assam around noon after legal formalities were completed at Khrimu.

This is the second helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh in three months. On July 4, three IAF personnel were killed when an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed during a mission to rescue flood-affected people in the state. The ALH had lost contact soon after take-off from Sagalee. The bodies of Wing Commander Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Flight Lieutenant Pramod Kumar Singh and Sergeant Rajendra Yashwant Gujjar were recovered from the crash site three days later.
http://indianexpress.com/article/in...-china-border-seven-personnel-killed-4878397/

 

[Yerusalem 4880 Kms]

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[Joe Shearer]

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[Chhatrapati]

@SOUTHie

This is a duplicate thread @Yerusalem 4880 Kms It has already been discussed.

 

[Yerusalem 4880 Kms]

This is a duplicate thread @Yerusalem 4880 Kms It has already been discussed.

Show me link for duplicate thread.

This is a duplicate thread @Yerusalem 4880 Kms It has already been discussed.

This happen today 7am.

 

[GuardianRED]

Show me link for duplicate thread.


This happen today 7am.

Think you just read the Headline and forgot to read the actual article

First Line "Five personnel of Indian Air Force (IAF) and two of Indian Army on board an IAF Mi-17 V5 helicopter were killed when it crashed and burst into flames Friday morning in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, close to the China border."

So since today is Saturday ! ... This accident happened yesterday

@mods , please do the needful and remove this thread!

 

[Chhatrapati]

Show me link for duplicate thread.


This happen today 7am.

Do some search. It's not old. No, it happened yesterday. You are late

 

[Mrc]

Why am I tagged on this?

May b u are a suspect in this case

 

[Jugger]

This is a news thread, I didn't find any relevant points for discussion.
RIP to the dead.

 

[Yerusalem 4880 Kms]

This is a news thread, I didn't find any relevant points for discussion.
RIP to the dead.

Why so many planes and helos crashed near China border? do you suspect electronic attack?

 

[grey boy 2]

Why so many planes and helos crashed near China border? do you suspect electronic attack?

I believed thats already in Indian's mind already since the Americans has been suspected their Warships collisions were cause by the Chinese as well
At the end of the day, blame the Chinese will not goes wrong LOL

 

[hussain0216]

Why so many planes and helos crashed near China border? do you suspect electronic attack?

Yes, to them its not crap indian pilots flying poorly maintained junk

Its chini electronic saazish

 

[rambro]

Force field i tell u