Uttarakhand: Air Force helicopter crashes; eight feared dead

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An Indian Air Force helicopter on a rescue sortie has reportedly crashed in Gaurikund, Uttarakhand.

More details are awaited.


Uttarakhand: Air Force helicopter crashes; eight feared dead | NDTV.com

 

[M.harris]

rest in peace.

 

[kurup]

That is a very bad news.

Persons onboard are feared dead but not sure ........ Hope all are safe and sound.

 

[kaykay]

Oh!! May God bless their soul. Its highly unfortunate incident. Weather is very bad there still IAF choppers are rescuing people and almost everyone has been rescued then atlast this happened. Salute to these armed force who risked their life for us. Salute!!

 

[sree45]

8 feared dead...

RIP to all those dead..

 

[rockstarIN]

Sad incident ....

 

[Koovie]

OH GOD WHY?!

This is so sad.... May they Rest in Peace


Salute to those heroes who are flying in these terrible weather conditions without any rest.

 

[janon]

5 crew and 3 passengers confirmed dead. Mi-17-V5.

 

[Koovie]

Yes, seems that it was a Mi 17 V5

 

[Developereo]

Rest in peace.

 

[kurup]

5 crew and 3 passengers confirmed dead. Mi-17-V5.

Sad news ... Rest in Peace to all .

Any idea about the cause of the crash .

 

[Gessler]

Sad news ... Rest in Peace to all .

Any idea about the cause of the crash .

Well there are inherently many complexities in high-altitude ops.

Good to see atleast Dhruv performed flawlessly so far in these difficult ops. I don't mean Mi-17
is useless, it has done good service, a single crash won't put off rescue efforts, a replacement is likely
to arrive from IAF stocks soon.

 

[Koovie]

Sad news ... Rest in Peace to all .

Any idea about the cause of the crash .

Most likely the bad weather and the constant flying :/

But we need to wait for the official report

 

[Hulk]

Oh my, hope they are not taking too much risk to complete the rescue operations.

 

[Gessler]

Oh my, hope they are not taking too much risk to complete the rescue operations.

They HAVE to take the risk.

Who else will? You and me?