Crash of ALH-WSI brings into focus accidents involving military platforms
21-Oct-2022
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New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) The crash of a weapon system integrated version of an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) of the Indian Army on Friday near Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh once again brought into sharp focus the growing number of accidents involving military choppers and aircraft.
The twin-engine indigenously-developed helicopter belonging to the Army Aviation wing went down at Migging village in Upper Siang district of the border state and a massive search and rescue operation has been launched by the Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the high-altitude treacherous region.
A Tezpur-based defence ministry spokesperson the ALH (weapons system helicopter) took off from Lekabali and crashed at Migging near Tuting, a region which is located around 35 km from the border with China.
