Udhampur (J&K): The pilots, who were critically injured during helicopter crash landing, succumbed to their injuries. The ill-fated Cheetah Helicopter of the Indian Army was on a training sortie in the Patnitop area when the accident happened.
Both the pilots were critically injured during the crash landing and evacuated to the nearest medical facility. The chopper crash-landed in the Shiv Ghar Dhar area of J&K's Udhampur district on Tuesday.
The two pilots have been identified as Major Rohit Kumar & Major Anuj Rajput.
The Northern Command of the Indian Army took to Twitter to condole the deaths of the two soldiers.
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#LtGenYKJoshi, #ArmyCdrNC and all ranks #salute the bravehearts Major Rohit Kumar & Major Anuj Rajput who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty on 21 Sept 2021 at #Patnitop and offer deepest condolences to their families.@adgpi@Tri_Service@Whiteknight_IA@IAF_MCC pic.twitter.com/4QC3ccefZi
— NorthernComd.IA (@NorthernComd_IA) September 21, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">#LtGenYKJoshi, #ArmyCdrNC and all ranks #salute the bravehearts Major Rohit Kumar & Major Anuj Rajput who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty on 21 Sept 2021 at #Patnitop and offer deepest condolences to their families.@adgpi@Tri_Service@Whiteknight_IA@IAF_MCC pic.twitter.com/4QC3ccefZi
— NorthernComd.IA (@NorthernComd_IA) September 21, 2021#LtGenYKJoshi, #ArmyCdrNC and all ranks #salute the bravehearts Major Rohit Kumar & Major Anuj Rajput who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty on 21 Sept 2021 at #Patnitop and offer deepest condolences to their families.@adgpi@Tri_Service@Whiteknight_IA@IAF_MCC pic.twitter.com/4QC3ccefZi
— NorthernComd.IA (@NorthernComd_IA) September 21, 2021
Earlier in the day, Suleman Choudhary, DIG, Udhampur Reasi Range, said, "We got information and dispatched a police team towards Shiv Garh Dhar. He added that due to excess fog in the said area it is yet to be ascertained whether the helicopter crashed or crashed landed."
