A pilot and his co-pilot belonging to Indian Army’s aviation corps died after a Cheetah helicopter crashed near Mandala in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh Thursday.
The deceased have been identified as Lt. Col. VVB Reddy and Major Jayanth A. The army, however, did not share further details about the pilots.
The army said in a statement that the helicopter, which was on an operational sortie, lost contact with Air Traffic Control at around 9.15 am. The chopper took off from Sange village in the district at around 9 am and was on its way to Missamari in Sonitpur district in the neighbouring Assam, army sources said.
