Army Obeys Military Personnel In Tezpur After Arunachal Helicopter Accident
Guwahati: The lifeless remains of Lt Col VVB Reddy and Major Jayanth A of Army Aviation, who gave their lives in the line of duty on Thursday morning while on an operational sortie in Arunachal Pradesh, were buried at Tezpur on Friday with full military honours by the Indian Army.
Lt col Mahendra Rawat (PRO) Defence Guwahati in a press statement said, “Wreath was laid on behalf of a grateful nation for the untiring service to the nation by the officers. The mortal remains have been moved to their home towns Yadadri (near Hyderabad), Telangana and Madurai, Tamilnadu in a Special Military Plane.”
Notably, at roughly 09:15 AM on Thursday, an Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter conducting an operational sortie near Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, lost communication with the ATC.
Following the rapid dispatch of five search parties by the Indian Army, SSB, and ITBP, the bodies of two military personnel—the pilot and copilot of the Cheetah helicopter that crashed in Arunachal Pradesh—were found.
According to a report from the Indian Army, the aircraft debris was discovered close to the village of Banglajaap, east of Mandala.
“With regret we inform that the pilot and the copilot of the helicopter lost their lives in the accident. A court of enquiry is being ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident,” Lt col Mahendra Rawat said in his previous press statement.
Also, it should be noted that helicopter crashes like these occur rather frequently in Arunachal Pradesh.