Two senior Army officers had a narrow escape when the Dhruv advanced helicopter helicopter (AlH) they were travelling in crashed in eastern ladakh on Tuesday afternoon. All the passengers, including the two officers and two pilots, were safe.
The helicopter carrying 14 Corps Chief lt General SK Upadhyay and chief of three Division Major General Savneet Singh were flying in the helicopter when it crashed at Tsogstalu helipad in eastern ladakh, officials said here. However, none of officers and the crew were injured and a court of inquiry was ordered to ascertain the cause of mishap.
The Dhruv helicopters are manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics limited and the Army has more than 200 such helicopters mostly deployed in remote and inaccessible areas of ladakh and the North-East.