Bareilly: In an unfortunate incident, a Cheetah helicopter of Army Aviation Corp crashed near a river in Barthol village on the outskirts of Bareilly district on Wednesday morning moments after taking off from the airbase. The incident took place in the district's cantonment area.
The two pilots and an engineer have been killed in the mishap. "All the three occupants - two Majors and once Captain have been killed in the crash. The names would be cleared soon," a defence spokesperson said. The army has ordered an inquiry into the chopper crash.
According to sources, the Cheetah helicopter crashed owing to some technical snag in the village on Lucknow-Bareilly highway minutes after it had taken off for a routine sortie from the army base at the Army Aviation Corp in the district.
"The accident took place at 7:40 am," the spokesperson said.
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