All 4 Indian Air Drive personnel aboard the helicopter have been rescued.
An Indian Air Drive helicopter which was air-dropping aid materials in flood-hit Bihar has made a pressured touchdown. There have been 4 IAF personnel, together with two officers, aboard the chopper and all of them have been rescued.
The helicopter made the pressured touchdown in Naya Gaon of Muzaffarpur’s Aurai division on Wednesday afternoon and had taken off from Darbhanga Air Drive Base. After it landed, a portion of the chopper was submerged in floodwaters.
The Principal Secretary of the catastrophe administration division, Pratyaya Amrit, stated a significant accident was averted due to the pilot’s presence of thoughts. He stated the engine failed and the pilot ensured that the helicopter landed in shallow water with no individuals round.
The personnel have been taken to a hospital, stated Mr Amrit, including that the State Catastrophe Response Drive (SDRF) started rescue operations as quickly because the crash was reported. The preliminary rescue was achieved by residents of the world.
The helicopter was an Superior Gentle Helicopter (ALH)-Dhruv, that are utilized by the Indian Air Drive, Military and the Navy. The fleets of those helicopters had been just lately grounded twice due to technical issues over sure parts.
Earlier on Wednesday, two pilots and an engineer died after a helicopter crashed in Pune. The chopper, which belonged to Delhi-based agency Heritage Aviation, was headed to Mumbai and police stated dense fog could have led to the crash however the precise trigger continues to be being established.