A Cheetah helicopter of the Army Aviation Corps crash-landed in Shiv Ghar Dhar area of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir earlier today.
Locals were the first responders to the incident and they managed to safely evacuate the gravely imjured pilots from the crash site. The two pilots were rushed then for treatment at the command hospital in Udhampur, but later succumbed to their injuries.
A statement released by the Defence spokesperson said “Today during a training sortie in Patnitop area, Indian Army Cheetah Helicopter crash landed in Shiv Garh Dhar area in Udhampur district. Both the pilots were critically injured during crash landing. They were evacuated to the nearest medical facility but later succumbed to their injuries.”
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