Army helicopter crashes in Arunachal Pradesh, search operation underway

Further details are awaited. (Representative)

Guwahati:

An Army helicopter crashed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district on Friday.

According to reports, the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed near Miging village. Upper Siang senior police officer Jummar Basar, quoted by news agency ANI, said the accident site is not connected to any road and a rescue team has been dispatched to the accident site.

This is the second helicopter accident in Arunachal Pradesh in October. A pilot was killed and several others were injured when a Cheetah helicopter crashed near Tawang earlier this month.