IAF chopper crash-lands in Kedarnath
Tuesday - April 3, 2018 10:20 am ,
Category : INDIA
IAF chopper crash-lands in Kedarnath
Dehradun April 3 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash-landed in Kedarnath on Tuesday police said.
The accident took place when the MI-17 chopper was trying to land far from the Kedarnath shrine.
There were eight people -- six passengers pilot and co-pilot -- onboard but all are safe with minor injuries an official told IANS.
The hilly area is quite risky for helicopters.
On June 10 2017 a chopper belonging to a Mumbai-based private aviation company crashed in Badrinath while taking off killing an engineer onboard.
--IANS
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