An Indian Air Force (IAF) MI-17 helicopter crashed at Bomdir near Tawang
in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, killing all 12 defence personnel on
board. The victims included an Army official of the rank of lieutenant
colonel and 11 IAF personnel, including two pilots.
IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Ranjib Sahoo, based in the Eastern Air
Command headquarters in Shillong, told The Hindu that all the bodies
have been retrieved from the crash site, about 10 km from Tawang.
A court of inquiry has been ordered.
Defence sources said the chopper, bound for Guwahati, crashed minutes
after it took off from the helipad of the Army Brigade Headquarters in
Tawang at 12.04 p.m. It was on an air maintenance sortie
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