IAF chopper makes hard landing in Ladakh, inquiry ordered
An Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper made a hard landing near Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) on Monday, which is the northern-most airstrip in eastern Ladakh.
Sources mentioned that the Indian Air Force’s Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv made a hard landing near DBO. Three IAF personnel were in the helicopter when the incident took place on Monday morning. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered in the incident, sources added.
DBO is just north of Depsang Plains, which is one of the friction points in the over year-long standoff between India and China. It is strategically significant for India, as is just a few kilometres short of the Karakoram Pass in the north.
