An Aviation Technician lost his life in an Indian Army chopper crash in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday, said a tweet from the Northern Command of the Indian Army.
As per an official statement, there were two pilots and a technician on board. All three injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital, Udhampur.
"The wreath was laid on behalf of a grateful nation for the untiring service to the nation by the officer. The mortal remains have been moved to Lt Col VVB Reddy's residence at Malkajgiri, Hyderabad", said the officials.
Indian Army ordered an inquiry after a Cheetah helicopter crashed near the Mandala hills area in Arunachal Pradesh in which two pilots were killed on Thursday.
Two pilots were killed after an Indian Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter crashed near the Mandala hills area in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said.
Army Chief General Manoj Pandey on Saturday remembered India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) late Gen Bipin Rawat and said that he had had boundless energy.
Geetika Lidder, wife of Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder who died in a chopper crash in December last year, laid a wreath at a ceremony on behalf of all personnel in commemoration of the first death anniversary of the Late General Bipin Rawat, his wife and Brigadier LS Lidder.
Mortal remains of Havildar Biresh Sinha, who died along with four other jawans in an Indian army chopper crash incident in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district, reached his native village in Ratabari in Assam's Karimganj district.
Tezpur (Assam) [India], October 22 (ANI): With the recovery of the fifth and last body, the search and rescue mission in the October 21 helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh has concluded, Army spokesperson said on Saturday.