Tawang: Five Indian Air Force Personnel were killed and one was critically injured after an Air force chopper crashed in Arunachal Pradesh during a training sortie on Friday morning.
Indian Air Force confirmed the crash of an Mi-17 V5 helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh.
An MI-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh during the early hours of Friday, killing five personnel.
“Today morning at around 06:00 hours a Mi-17 V5 helicopter while on an air maintenance mission crashed in Arunachal Pradesh resulting in fatal injuries to five personnel and critical injury of one personnel,” IAF officials said.
The chopper was said to be on an Air Maintenance mission, according to an IAF official.
Five personnel on board the chopper were declared dead, while one is critically injured.
A court of inquiry has been ordered to probe the crash.
