Arunachal Pradesh army chopper crash- fifth body recovered

An ALH WSI based at Likabali in Assam crashed at Migging, which lies to the south of Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh at 10:43 hours on Friday.

Tezpur (Assam): With the recovery of the fifth and the last body on Saturday afternoon - a day after the Army chopper crashed at Migging in Arunachal Pradesh thus leading to the closure of the search and rescue operation- said defence Spokesperson in Tezpur.

Meanwhile an inquiry has been ordered on the Army chopper crash incident in which an Aviation Advance Light Helicopter (Weapon Systems Integrated) ALH WSI based at Likabali in Assam crashed at Migging in Arunachal Pradesh at 10:43 hours on Friday. Five personnel were on onboard when the mishap took place. Though the army could retrieve four mortal remains by late evening of Friday but had to stop the operation because of darkness. On Saturday morning the rescue operation started and they recovered another body.

It has been reported that the weather was congenial for flying operations. The pilots had more than 600 combined flying hours on ALH-WSI and over 1800 service flying hours. Prior to the crash, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) received a mayday call suggesting a technical or mechanical failure. This would be the focus of the court of inquiry that was constituted to investigate the causes of the accident. The names of the deceased person will be released after notification to their next of kin. The Indian Army offered its deepest condolences to the bereaved families.