Tag: Chopper

Fire scare on Telangana CM’s chopper

A fire scare on the helicopter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao minutes before it was to take off in Karimnagar district set the alarm bells ringing on Tuesday, officials said. Smoke was detected emanating from a bag carrying a communications battery kit inside the chopper and alert security personnel immediately picked it up...

February 27, 2018

SC turns down plea to probe chopper deal of Chhattisgarh Govt

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by an NGO seeking a probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of an AgustaWestland chopper by the Chhattisgarh government for VIP use in 2006-07. A bench of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit dismissed the plea by non-governmental organisation Swaraj Abhiyan and others seeking...

February 14, 2018

Three tourists dead in US Grand Canyon chopper crash

At least three people were killed and four others injured when a helicopter carrying tourists in Arizona went down in the Grand Canyon, authorities said. The accident took place at around 5:20 pm in Grand Canyon West, located in northwestern Arizona, said Hualapai Nation police chief Francis Bradley. Local media reported the Eurocopter EC130 helicopter,...

February 11, 2018

Japanese military chopper crashes near school

A Japanese Self-Defence Force (SDF) helicopter crashed near an elementary school in Saga prefecture on Monday. The helicopter crashed near the Chiyoda Chubu Elementary School in Kanzaki city at around 4.45 p.m., reports Xinhua news agency. A witness from the school said that she heard a loud “bang” and that there were no injuries or...

February 5, 2018

3 Army soldiers fall from chopper as slithering exercise goes wrong

In a freak accident, three army soldiers fell from a chopper after the rope they were using to slither down snapped. All the injured personnel are recovering in hospital, Army said. According to reports, the “slithering operation” was part of the ‘Army Day’ rehearsals taking place in Army’s parade ground in the national capital. The...

January 11, 2018

IAF chopper crash: 7 personnel dead as kerosene can explodes mid-air

In a tragic accident, seven armed forces personnel were charred to death after a kerosene jerry can onboard the Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper that they were travelling in exploded mid-air in Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday. The seven deceased personnel– five of the IAF and two Army men—were onboard the...

October 6, 2017

IAF chopper crash: 5 IAF, 2 Army personnel dead

All seven personnel onboard the ill-fated Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper that crashed in Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh have died, officials said on Friday. As per officials, of the seven, five personnel were of the IAF and two belonged to the Indian Army. The Mi-17 V5 chopper of the IAF was operating in the...

October 6, 2017

Devendra Fadnavis again escapes helicopter accident

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis escaped a potential accident when his helicopter suddenly took off as he was boarding it at a helipad in Alibaug here on Friday afternoon. According to preliminary reports by officials, as Fadnavis was preparing to board the chopper, it sudden took off and its rotating wings came very close to...

July 7, 2017

Army’s MiG-23 helicopter crashes in Rajasthan, pilots safe

An MiG-23 helicopter of Indian Army reportedly crashed in Balesar of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan on Thursday. As per reports, both the pilots ejected safely. This is the second helicopter crash within a week as on June 4, an Indian Air Force helicopter went missing. Later, its debris was found in a ravine in Arunachal on Wednesday during a search...

July 6, 2017

Wreckage of missing IAF chopper found in Arunachal, all three crew members dead

The wreckage of the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter that went missing on Tuesday with three operating crews on board was found in Pampunpare district of Arunachal Pradesh. None of the crew members survived. Earlier in the day, a massive ground-search operation was carried out in Arunachal Pradesh for the missing chopper. "Rescue teams from...

July 5, 2017

Rijiju escapes unhurt as chopper makes emergency landing

Union minister Kiren Rijiju escaped unhurt when his chopper made an emergency landing on a small field due to bad weather here on Tuesday. The Mi-17 helicopter with Rijiju and seven other passengers and crew members on board was flying from Guwahati to Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh when it faced heavy rains and fog this...

July 4, 2017

Chopper carrying Maharashtra CM Fadnavis crash-lands, all safe

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had a miraculous escape on Thursday after his chopper got entangled in overhead wires and crash landed in Latur district of the state. The state government's Sikorsky helicopter VT-CMM took off from Nilanga town, near Latur around noon with Fadnavis along with three officials and two crew members. Shortly after take-off, the pilot...

May 25, 2017

Yogi bats for chopper service to link tourist, pilgrim spots

To promote religious tourism in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government intends to link the places of tourist and pilgrim interest in the state with helicopter service. This was conveyed by the chief minister during a presentation of Toursim Department when he asked the officials concerned to link major tourist centres including Lucknow, Mathura, Vrindavan,...

April 21, 2017