Air Force’s Mi-17 makes emergency landing in Sikkim due to bad weather
The helicopter was on a routine air maintenance sortie from Chaten to Mukutang and it sustained damage in the incident, the officials said.
The helicopter was on a routine air maintenance sortie from Chaten to Mukutang and it sustained damage in the incident, the officials said.
Squadron Leader Ninad Anil Mandavgane (Posthumous) and Squadron Leader Siddharth Vashisht (Posthumous) were awarded the Vayu Sena Medal (gallantry) at the event.
The private aircraft crashed few days ago at an altitude of 11,500 ft at the Kedarnath helipad just short of the holy shrine.
The IAF headquarters has ordered a Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the incident under an Air Commodore-ranked officer and at least four officers have been found guilty
The IFF technology developed during World War II is an instrument within the aircraft or a helicopter which sends signals to nearby radars giving its identification signatures.
The crash has come a day after the IAF targeted terrorist training camps in Pakistan.
