Army chopper crash: Foreign help being sought to trace missing pilots

CHANDIGARH/JAMMU: The Army on Tuesday said international assistance is being sought to trace the two missing pilots of the helicopter that crashed into Ranjit Sagar Lake in Basholi area in J&K’s Kathua district on August 3. Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said a search operation was continuing unabated despite bad weather.

“Military authorities are leaving no stone unturned to locate the two pilots — Lt-Colonel Abheet Singh Batth and Captain Jayant Joshi. The expanse of the dam is 25km long, 8km wide and more than 500ft deep. Experts and equipment from the Army, Navy, IAF, NDRF, SDRF, NGOs, state police, dam authority and private firms from all over the country have been put into action.