IAF chopper crash-lands near Allahabad, pilots safe

National |  IANS  | Published :

New Delhi, March 15 : A Chetak helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crash-landed and toppled in a field near Allahabad after developing a technical snag. Both pilots are safe, the IAF said.

The IAF helicopter was on a routine training sortie and had taken off from Bamrauli air base, around 12 kilometer from Allahabad city.

The chopper developed a technical snag and toppled as pilots tried to land on an uneven field, the IAF said.

"Both pilots are safe and a Court of Inquiry has been ordered," an IAF spokesperson said.








SURYAA NEWS, synonym with professional journalism, started basically to serve the Telugu language readers. And apart from that we have our own e-portal domains viz,. Suryaa.com and Epaper Suryaa