Army chopper crashes in Siachen, pilot killed

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 23: A Cheetah helicopter of the Army Aviation crashed in the Siachen Glacier today leading to the death of a pilot and injuries to the co-pilot.
“A Cheetah helicopter deployed on an Air Maintenance Mission in Siachen Glacier crashed on Wednesday around 11.15 A.M. Unfortunately the pilot died and the co-pilot has been injured and evacuated to Chandigarh. An inquiry has been ordered to probe the reasons of the crash,” Lt Col JS Brar, Defence Spokesperson based in Srinagar, said.
The two officer-pilots were trying to land the chopper at the Bhim post helipad in northern glacier area when they lost control of the flying machine and it crashed 400 metres short of the helipad, an officer in the Army headquarters said.

Lastupdate on : Wed, 23 May 2012 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Wed, 23 May 2012 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 IST



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