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Army Cheetah chopper crashes near Mandala hills in Arunachal

Cheetah helicopter crashes near west of Bomdila in AP, search operations are underway

According to sources, the chopper, which was flying an operational sortie near Bomdila, lost contact with the Air Traffic Control at around 9.15am.

“It crashed near Mandala, west of Bomdila. Search parties have been sent to the spot,” Lt Col Mahendra Rawat, PRO Defence, Guwahati confirmed, adding that the details were awaited.”

We have had a lot of crashes in this area , the terrain is very unforgiving and to break through those branches one need special equipment, Defence Expert, Wing CDR. Praful Bakshi said.

In last 6 to 7 years a lot of helicopter crashes were reported between Arunachal & Assam area, he added.

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