Wives of Army men have claimed that 42 Chetak and Cheetah helicopters have crashed between 2001 and 2014, killing around 80 officers. But the defence ministry has planned a grand show to celebrate the Chetak.
At least five Army pilots have lost their lives in air crashes in the past six months. A helicopter that crashed on Friday in the Gurez sector of Kashmir, killing its pilot Major Sankalp Yadav and critically injuring the co-pilot, was the third fatal crash for the Army Aviation Corps since September
Lieutenant Colonel Vivek Kumar Dwivedi the co-pilot of the Army Cheetah helicopter, which crashed near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir s Gurez Sector on Friday has been shifted to the military command hospital in Udhampur.
Lieutenant Colonel Vivek Kumar Dwivedi the co-pilot of the Army Cheetah helicopter, which crashed near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir Gurez Sector