Four bodies have been found at the site where the Army’s Advanced Light Combat helicopter crashed on Friday morning.
The Advanced Light Combat helicopter of the Indian Army crashed near the Singging village, 25 km from the Tuting headquarters in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. A rescue team also immediately deployed along the accident site.
According to military sources, the HAL Rudra helicopter crashed at a location not connected by road. Nearly five people were onboard, including two pilots when the chopper took off from Likabali on Friday morning, sources informed.
Received very disturbing news about Indian Army’s Advanced Light Helicopter crash in Upper Siang District in Arunachal Pradesh. My deepest prayers 🙏 pic.twitter.com/MNdxtI7ZRq
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) October 21, 2022
Earlier on October 5, an Indian Army pilot was killed after the Indian Army’s Cheetah helicopter, flying in the forward area, crashed near Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang. This unfortunate incident occurred at Nyamjang Chu near Bap Teng Kang waterfall area of Jemeithang circle in Tawang district; when the helicopter with two pilots was coming from the Surwa Samba area on a routine sortie.
(This is a developing story. More details awaited…)