Guwahati: A thorough search is being conducted to locate the black box (flight recorder) of the unfortunate Indian Army chopper that crashed on October 21 in the mountainous terrain of Arunachal Pradesh.
SF members from the Indian Army’s 21st Para Special Forces (SF) were reportedly airdropped at the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh to retrieve the black box (flight recorder).
On October 21, a Rudra advanced light helicopter (ALH) of the Indian Army, with five personnel onboard, including two pilots, had crashed near Migging village in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
All five members of the Indian Army perished in the horrific helicopter accident in Arunachal Pradesh.
The crash site has been identified as Singging near the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh.
The helicopter crash is thought to have been caused by a technical or mechanical issue.
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) had previously received a “May Day” call indicating a mechanical or technical issue.
“This (technical failure) will form the focus of the court of inquiry, which has been immediately constituted to investigate the causes of the accident,” a defence statement said.
The five Indian Army personnel to have been killed in the helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh are: Major Mustafa Bohara (27), Major Vikas Bhambu (27), Sepoy Rohitash Kumar (33) and Craftsman (Engine Technician) KV Ashwin and Havildar Brijesh Sinha from Assam.
Major Mustafa Bohara and Major Vikas Bhambu were the pilots of the helicopter.
“It is reported that the weather was good for flying operations. The pilots had more than 600 combined flying hours on ALH-WSI and over 1,800 service flying hours between them. The aircraft was inducted into service in June 2015,” the statement stated.