An AHL Dhruv Helicopter of the Indian Army, with three officers onboard, crashed in the remote forested area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday morning.
The report was confirmed by the Indian Army. A search and rescue operation has been launched.
The pilot and co-pilot were rescued in an injured condition. The crash took place in the hill district’s Marwah area, the officials said.
Officials had earlier said there were three people on board.
The remains of the chopper were found in the Marusudar River, which flows through Marwah-Dachhan in the Kishtwar district, after being washed away following the crash.
This comes nearly a month after an Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter flying an operational sortie near Arunachal Pradesh’s Bomdila crashed on March 16 after losing contact with the ATC. Both pilots — Lt. Col Vinay Banu Reddy and Major Jaynta A — died in the crash.
