INDIAN AIR FORCE CHOPPER CRASH KILLS 7 PERSONNEL IN ARUNCHAL PRADESH.

INDIAN AIR FORCE CHOPPER CRASH KILLS 7 PERSONNEL IN ARUNCHAL PRADESH.

അരുണാചല്‍പ്രദേശില്‍ വ്യോമസേനയുടെ

 ഹെലികോപ്റ്റര്‍ തകര്‍ന്ന് ഏഴു മരണം

An Mi-17 chopper of the Indian Air Force crashed on Friday near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, killing all seven personnel on board, a senior IAF official said.The Mi-17 V5 crashed at about 6 am when it was on a maintenance mission, the official said.“It is confirmed that a Mi-17 V5 chopper crashed early morning around 6 am in Arunachal Pradesh. All the seven people on board have been confirmed dead in the accident,” the official said.

The helicopter had both air force and army personnel on board and it was carrying supplies for Indian military posts close to the border with China, an official told AP on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to talk to reporters.The wreckage of the helicopter has been sighted and the police and the army teams have rushed to the mountainous area, the news agency said, quoting a defence ministry official.The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry to probe the cause of the accident. The Mi-17 V5 is a Russian built medium-lift military transport chopper.Referring to a string of crashes of IAF’s choppers and military jets in recent years, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Thursday: “Our losses in the peacetime are a cause of concern. We are making concerted efforts to minimise accidents and preserve our assets.”In May this year, two IAF pilots died when the Sukhoi-30 jet crashed near the Assam-Arunachal border during a routine training mission.

വ്യോമസേനയുടെ ഹെലികോപ്റ്റര് തകര്ന്ന് ഏഴു മരണം. അരുണാചല് പ്രദേശിലെ തവാങ് താഴ്വരയിലാണ് അപകടമുണ്ടായത്.എം.ഐ 17 വി അഞ്ച് ഹെലികോപ്റ്ററാണ് തകര്ന്നു  വീണത്. പരിശീലനപ്പറക്കലിനിടെയായിരുന്നു അപകടം. ഏഴ് യാത്രക്കാരാണുണ്ടായിരുന്നത്.സംഭവത്തില് അന്വേഷണത്തിന് ഉത്തരവിട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്.

Prof. John Kurakar