Army chopper crashes in Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. This place is located at a distance of 25 km from the Tuting headquarters, where the accident took place. The Defense PRO of Guwahati gave this information.
Itanagar: A major accident took place in Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh today i.e. on Friday. Army helicopter crashed near Singing village in Siang district. This place is located at a distance of 25 km from the Tuting headquarters, where the accident took place. The Defense PRO of Guwahati informed that the rescue team has been dispatched and the place where the accident took place is not connected by road.
At present, the information about which army helicopter has crashed and how many people were in it has not been revealed. However, it is being told that the army has started the rescue operation. At present, the detailed information about this incident is awaited.
Let us tell you that earlier on October 12, a MiG-29K aircraft of the Indian Navy crashed near the Goa coast after a technical fault. However, the pilot of this aircraft survived and the Naval Headquarters had ordered an inquiry into the incident. Let us tell you that ‘MiG-29K’ is a fighter aircraft developed by the Russian space aviation company Mikoyan (MiG). The Indian Navy had bought 45 ‘MiG-29K’ aircraft from Russia a decade ago for about US$ 2 billion.
The Navy had said in its statement that the MiG-29K aircraft was on a regular flight over the sea in Goa and while returning to the naval base, it developed a technical fault. The pilot ejected safely and was immediately traced by a search and rescue operation. A board of inquiry has been constituted to find out the cause of the incident.
