Tezpur,
Oct 6: All seven people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter were
killed when the copter crashed near the Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh
today. The MI 17 V 5 chopper of IAF crashed at around 0630 hours at remote
Patoghar area, about 100 kms from Tawang town and near the international border
with China, Tawang SP Manoj Kumar Meena confirmed. The helicopter had flown
from Kharimura in Tawang town earlier this morning. Meena said rescue teams of
Army and Air Force have reached the accident spot and were in the process of
retrieving the bodies and debris. All seven people on board were killed in the
crash. The victims are yet to be identified and the cause of accident
ascertained. UNI
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