Army chopper crash-lands

Army helicopter after crash landing in Reasi district on Monday. —Excelsior/Karandeep
Army helicopter after crash landing in Reasi district on Monday. —Excelsior/Karandeep

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 3: Two pilots had a narrow escape when an Army chopper crash-landed on a dry riverbed after it developed a technical snag in Reasi district today.
The Chetak helicopter was on a training sortie from Udhampur to Reasi when it got entangled in power lines, resulting in the snag, they said.

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The chopper crash-landed on a dry riverbed in Rudkhud belt in Arnas area around 1130 hours, sources said.
Both the pilots on board are safe, they said.
A senior Army officer said it cannot be called a crash as it was a hard landing.

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