A Cheetah helicopter of the Indian Army crashed, killing two pilots.
NEW DELHI: Two pilots were killed after an Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter flying an operational sortie near Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh bordering China crashed near Mandala, west of Bomdila, on Thursday. The Army has ordered a court of inquiry into the crash, said a defence spokesperson.
NEW DELHI: On Thursday, a Cheetah helicopter of the Indian Army Air Force crashed near Mandala, west of Band-Aid La, while performing a mission near southern Tibet, killing two pilots. A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said that the military had ordered the establishment of a court to investigate the crash.
The deceased pilots have been identified as Lt Colonel VVB Reddy and Major Jayanth A.
The dead pilots have been identified as Lieutenant Colonel VVB Reddy and Major Jayanth A.
"An Army chopper lost contact midway and could not be located while it was en route to Missamari from Senge village. At around 12.30 pm villagers fro m Bangjalep, Dirang PS informed that a crashed chopper was found," Arunachal Pradesh Police said.
The police said: "An army helicopter lost contact and could not be located on the way from Shengji village to Mi Samarrie. At about 12: 30 pm, villagers in Bangjalep reported that they had found a crashed helicopter. "
Police said the area has no signal and the weather was extremely foggy with a visibility of 5 metres.
The police said that there was no signal in the area, the fog was filled and the visibility was only 5 meters.
Previously, 13 Indian Air Force personnel died after an AN-32 aircraft crashed on June 3, 2019 after taking off from Assam’s Jorhat.
Previously, on June 3, 2019, an An -32 that took off from Johat, Assam, crashed in the area, killing 13 Indian Air Force personnel.
The aircraft was headed for Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in Arunachal Pradesh when it lost contact with ground authorities at around 1 pm.
The plane lost contact with ground air traffic control at about 1 pm, when it was flying to Mechuka Advanced Landing Site (ALG).
After a massive search and rescue operation for eight days, during which assets from several agencies were deployed, the wreckage of the aircraft was located by a Mi-17 chopper. The remains IAF personnel were retrieved on June 20 from Arunachal Pradesh where the plane crashed.
After eight days of large-scale search and rescue operations, the wreckage of the plane was located by a Mi -17 helicopter. During this period, several institutions participated in the search. On June 20, the remains of Indian Air Force personnel were salvaged from the place where the plane crashed.
The wreckage was located 16 km north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh at an elevation of 12,000 feet.
The wreckage of the plane is located 16 kilometers north of Lipo in southern Tibet, with an altitude of 12,000 feet.
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SOP does not permit to allow pilots to operate in foggy conditions with 5 meters visibility. Pilots should not be allowed to operate in this type of conditions.
The operating rules do not allow pilots to fly in foggy conditions with visibility of 5 meters. In this case, the pilot should not be allowed to fly.
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Why so many plane / helicopter crashes in Arunachal Pradesh, seems some foul play by China . Needs to be investigated
Why are there so many plane and helicopter crashes in southern Tibet? It seems that China is engaged in a conspiracy and needs to be investigated.
Bakula Patel
Either a result of inferior maintenance ,bad avionics or some spy conspiracy,its worst for airforce or army to loss precious,Hardware and trained, high cadre officials,need sencere inquiry to stop firther damages without war fares.JH
Either because of improper maintenance, or because of poor avionics, or because of spy conspiracy, the worst thing is that the air force or the army lost valuable helicopters and well-trained senior cadres, which needs serious investigation to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
Pangamba Meitei• Guwahati, India
It is very unfortunate accident. Let the brave souls live in the abode of God.
This is a very unfortunate accident. Brave souls rest in peace.
Suraj Kumar• Hyderabad
Sad day
difficult
Muhammad Rehan Mubashi
The cheetah was hunted !
"Cheetah" was hunted!
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pilot death in such an incident is unacceptable high level inquiry is needed .
The death of the pilot in such an accident is unacceptable and requires a high-level investigation.
Indian Indian
We are seeing frequent accidents of chopper crashes. Flight crashes of army.,Maintainace, replacement and quality checks must be made.,Even we lost Bipin Rawat in chopper crash.
We often see helicopter crashes and fighter plane crashes. These planes must be repaired, replaced and checked for quality. Even Biping Labat was killed in a helicopter crash.
Milind Begoor
This is simply getting repeated in Arunachal Pradesh, maybe Chinese are playing with our Helicopter Avionics ,some foul play is there for sure ….
This kind of accident always happens in southern Tibet. Maybe China people interfered with our helicopter avionics. It must be their conspiracy.
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Pilots Killed or Dead ,,,. someone please explain
Can anyone explain whether the pilot was killed or killed?
pizzaro pizzaro
And the China attacks
Chinese attack
Sundararaman Srinivasan• Unknown
Scores of such air-mishaps — involving indigenous helicopters —- is a matter of grave concern ……. at a time when BJP regime indulges into own image bloat/gloat as if they have achieved or close to clinching max. indigenous military-ware production — biggest political bluff goes scot-free ..
Dozens of such air accidents involve local helicopters, which is a serious concern. The heart swells and gloats, as if they have reached or approached the peak. Domestic military products, the most touted, have not been punished when something goes wrong.
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Rest In Peace! Two Jawans life were lost! condolences to their families… India Lost most valuable souls!
Rest in peace! Two Indian soldiers died! Express condolences to their families. India has lost its most precious soul!
User Sengupta
Area has no signal then why is duffer airforce flying old heli there. Why are base stations absent in disputed area. India got worlds worst airforce. Abynandan crash 2mig29 crash this year. Highest crash rate in world
There is no signal in this area, so why did the Air Force send old helicopters there? Why are there no base stations in the disputed area? The Indian Air Force is the worst in the world. Two MiG-29s crashed this year, the highest crash rate in the world.
Narayandas Kamath
Check carefully for any hand of hostile countries, especially when bad things happens in Arunachal.
Carefully investigate whether a hostile country did it, especially when it happened in a disputed area.
dfoxman
Shortages, late deliveries, sub-standard products, obsolete equipment…much of the blame must go to over-dependence on govt-owned DRDO and HAL. Cheetahs should have been retired decades ago, especially for operations in unforgiving high-altitude terrain, but for lack of alternatives, these death-traps must keep flying…with deadly consequences.
Shortage, late delivery, unqualified products and outdated equipment are largely attributed to over-reliance on state-owned enterprises DRDO and HAL.
"Cheetah" should have retired decades ago, especially not suitable for fighting in harsh high-altitude areas. However, due to the lack of helicopters that can be replaced, these dead coffins have to continue flying, and the consequences are fatal.
dfoxman
Don’t always blame DRDO/ HAL for everything.. CDS Bipin Rawat was killed due to Russian Helicopter crash
Don’t blame DRDO and HAL for everything. The late defense chief of staff, Biping Labat, died in a Russian helicopter crash.
User PATEL
With so many aircraft crashing India will have an air force without aircraft to fly I in the near future
With so many planes crashing, the Indian Air Force will have no planes to fly in the near future.