Army chopper crash: Bodies of martyred pilots flown to home states | India Files
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The bodies of the 2 pilots martyred in an Army helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh were flown to their home states on Friday.
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The bodies of the 2 pilots martyred in an Army helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh were flown to their home states on Friday, a defence spokesperson said here.
The mortal stays of Lt Col. VVB Reddy had been despatched to Hyderabad and that of Maj. Jayanth A to Madurai, Defence spokesperson Lt Col. Mahendra Rawat said.
The bodies were flown by a particular armed forces airplane after a wreath-laying ceremony at Tezpur.
The duo became once killed when a Cheetah helicopter of the Army, on an operational sortie from Missamari in Assam to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, crashed shut to Mandala in West Kameng district on Thursday morning.
A courtroom of inquiry has been ordered by the Army to check the explanation for the accident.
Lt Col. Reddy’s body is expected to reach Hyderabad at 6 pm. This might perhaps well be taken to his native location at Yadadri in Telengana by avenue.
The aircraft with the co-pilot’s body is scheduled to reach Madurai at 8 pm, the spokesperson added.
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