An Army Aviation pilot was killed after a Cheetah helicopter on a routine sortie in the forward area near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh crashed on Wednesday morning. “Both the pilots were evacuated to nearest Military Hospital.
With regret we inform that one of the pilots who was critically injured succumbed to the injuries during treatment,” the Defence Spokesperson in Tezpur said.
The second pilot is under medical treatment, he added. The cause of the crash at this stage is not known and the details are being ascertained, the spokesperson added. The ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters are in urgent need of replacement.
