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IAF Chetak helicopter crashes near Allahabad

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Lucknow: A Chetak helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed while making an emergency landing during a training session from Bamrauli near Allahabad today.

 

 

According to the IAF official, no one is injured in the incident and both the pilots of the chopper are safe.

Sources in IAF said, the chopper toppled when the pilots tried a forced landing after it developed a technical snag.

To know the cause of the incident, the IAF has ordered a court of inquiry (COI).

 

Chetak helicopter of IAF crashes during training near Allahabad

 

The sources said the aircraft toppled while the pilots tried to force land it on an uneven field.

The helicopter was on its way to Allahabad after taking off from Bamrauli, the incident took place when the chopper was on rotational training session of the IAF.