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5 personnel dead, 1 critically injured in Air Force chopper crash in Arunachal Pradesh

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 6 October 2017, 10:53 IST
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5 personnel lost their lives and one personnel has been left critically injured as an Air Force chopper, Mi-17 V5 helicopter, crashed near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh during a training sortie.

The Indian Air Force has confirmed the accident. The incident took place at around 6 AM on 6 October when Mi-17 V5 helicopter was on a Air Maintenance mission.

Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the crash.

More details awaited

First published: 6 October 2017, 10:53 IST