Army chopper crashes in Ranjit Sagar dam, massive search for missing pilots

An army helicopter crashed into the Ranjit Sagar Dam lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua on Tuesday morning followed by a massive search operation to trace the missing pilots, a senior police officer said. The dam is located about 30 km from Pathankot.

Kathua’s senior superintendent of police (SSP) Ramesh Kotwal said as per local residents, the crash took place around 10.43 am when the advanced light Dhruv helicopter was on a routine sortie after taking off from Mamun cantonment.Kathua.

“We have pressed into service divers and motorboats but there is no clue so far,” Kotwal said. In the evening a heavy lift chopper, Chinook was also pressed into search and rescue operation.