Most defence experts have termed the Mi-17V5 IAF helicopter crash as a rare and stray incident. They said that the army helicopters are as safe as the civilian aircraft. And they also reasserted that the country needed more advanced military helicopters.
Just like the army, the country’s civilian population also desperately needs more helicopters for various needs, including the emergency medical evacuations. Who will believe that civil registered helicopters in India were just around 250 a few months ago. And most of them will soon be busy ferrying politicians as the election season is drawing close.
In the country’s remote corners and in hilly terrains, thousands of people, especially pregnant women and newborn,
