Indian army helicopter crashes in Nashik

Article Posted on : - Feb 02, 2011

An unrelated photo of an Indian Army helicopter

NASHIK (PTI): Two Army majors were killed when a Cheetah helicopter crashed near a residential area adjoining the aviation centre here.

The helicopter of the army aviation corps crashed around 0915 hours, army sources said.

"An army chopper crashed on a shed near the aviation centre. We have information that two persons were killed in the incident. The crash appears to have happened due to some technical fault," Nikhil Gupta, DIG (Police Training) told PTI.

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