The flying operations of the 330 ALH Dhruvs were stopped after an Indian Coast Guard chopper with three personnel crashed during a routine training sortie. All three personnel lost their lives in the crash.
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea of British citizen Christian Michel, accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.
The Congress Chief further targeted the BJP after party MP Rahul Gandhi's chopper was delayed on Friday and said that today, his chopper was also delayed.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday wrote a letter to the Election Commission seeking its intervention after party leader Rahul Gandhi's chopper was delayed due to a "no-fly-zone restriction" enforced "due to protocol of other leaders in the vicinity".
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday wrote a letter to Election Commission seeking its intervention after party leader Rahul Gandhi's chopper was delayed due to "no-fly-zone restriction" enforced "due to protocol of other leaders in vicinity".
After giving a rousing speech in the Mahagama assembly constituency in Jharkhand, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's helicopter was unable to take-off on Friday due to not having the clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC).
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday after his helicopter was delayed for over 90 minutes due to security restrictions for the PM. Soren said their conspiracy continues.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren, following JMM seeking the President's intervention after Soren's chopper takeoff delay in light of PM Modi's security.
An advanced light helicopter of the Indian Air Force made a precautionary landing in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, while doing flood relief operations in the state.
"After arriving at the spot, we saw that the chopper had crashed and all its parts had scattered. There was a smouldering fire. We were able to extract 3 casualties and these were handed over to the police. Initially, we got the information that it was the chopper of some Heritage Aviatio