A year after they lost their son to a Army helicopter crash in Ranjit Sagar Dam near Pathankot, the family of the young pilot want the Army Aviation Corps to implement training methods to fly sorties over water bodies and to give basic water survival training and equipment to its pilots.
New Delhi-based Harish Joshi said the best tribute to his son, Capt Jayant Joshi, would be that remedial measures are taken so that no other family goes through the pain that they went through.
An Army Aviation Rudra Advanced Light Helicopter had crashed in the dam reservoir on August 3, 2021. The body of one of the pilots, Lt Col AS Batth was found several days later on August 15 while Capt Jayant’s body was found after 75 days on October 17.
