A
Cheetah
helicopter
of
the
Indian
Army
has
crashed
near
Mandala,
west
of
Bomdila,
in
Arunachal
Pradesh
on
Thursday,
a
defence
spokesperson
said
here.
Two
crewmen
—
a
Lieutenant
Colonel
and
a
Major
—
are
reportedly
dead.
The
chopper,
which
was
flying
an
operational
sortie
near
Bomdila,
lost
contact
with
Air
Traffic
Control
(ATC)
around
9.15
am,
Lt
Col
Mahendra
Rawat,
PRO
Defence
Guwahati
said.
”An
Army
Aviation
Cheetah
helicopter
flying
an
operational
sortie
near
Bomdila,
Arunachal
Pradesh
was
reported
to
have
lost
contact
with
the
ATC
at
around
09:15am
today.
It
is
reported
to
have
crashed
near
Mandala,
West
of
Bomdila.
Search
parties
have
been
launched,” he
said.
According
to
reports,
a
Lt
Col
and
a
Major
were
on
board
the
Cheetah
moving
from
Senge
to
Missamari
when
the
Cheetah
crashed
near
Mandala.
