Air force chopper crashes in Arunachal Pradesh during a training sortie. 7 personnel dead (5 IAF + 2 Arm), as a Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed in Arunachal Pradesh this morning confirms Indian Airforce. Around 6 AM today, a Mi-17 V5 helicopter while on an Air Maintenance mission crashed in Arunachal Pradesh. Court of Inquiry ordered: IAF
Five military personnel were killed and one critically wounded when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh this morning. The Mi-17 V5 chopper was on an “air maintenance mission” when it crashed around 6 am, according to the Air Force.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to establish what caused the crash. More details wait.
#FLASH: 5 personnel dead, 1 critically injured as a Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed in Arunachal Pradesh this morning confirms Indian Airforce pic.twitter.com/pZfcWEF1Xr
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2017
Update: Death toll in the IAF Mi17 V5 helicopter crash rises to 7.
5 IAF + 2 Army personnel. Just 2 days ahead of 85th IAF day. @Leopard212 pic.twitter.com/0oBkxmKfLI
— Ashish Singh (@AshishSinghNews) October 6, 2017
