![]() ![]() “General Manoj Pande #COAS & All Ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of Lt Col Saurabh Yadav who laid down his life in the line of duty at #Tawang Sector and offer deepest condolences to the family,” the Army said in a tweet. The spokesperson said the cause of the crash is not yet known. The second pilot is under medical treatment,” he said in a statement. “With regret, we inform that one of the pilots who was critically injured succumbed to the injuries during treatment. ![]() Both the pilots were evacuated to a nearest military hospital,” a Tezpur-based defence spokesperson said. ![]() “An army aviation Cheetah helicopter flying in the forward area near Tawang has crashed on today at around 10 AM during a routine sortie. A two-star military official is set to head the probe, they said. The Army headquarters has ordered a Court-of-Inquiry into the crash to ascertain the reason behind the crash. The deceased pilot has been identified as Lt Colonel Saurabh Yadav, the officials said, adding the injured co-pilot is a Major and he has been admitted to a command hospital. The accident once again put the spotlight on the ageing and virtually obsolete fleets of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters which lack modern avionics and are in need of replacement. A Lt Colonel from the Army’s aviation wing was killed and his co-pilot sustained severe injuries when their Cheetah helicopter crashed in a forward area near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday morning, officials said. ![]()
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