One pilot killed, another injured as Indian helicopter crashes in occupied Kashmir

Dunya News

One pilot killed, another injured as Indian helicopter crashes in occupied Kashmir

KASHMIR (Dunya News) – After the incident of MiG-21 Bison fighter plane in Rajasthan, another Indian Army helicopter has crashed in Kathua district’s Lakhanpur near Jammu and Kashmir-Punjab border.

According to details, one pilot has been killed while another sustained severe wounds.

Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shailendra Mishra said, “The helicopter HAL Dhruv was coming from Pathankot and made a crash-landing in an Army area in the Lakhanpur belt of the district.”

Two pilots of the helicopter, wounded in the incident, were rushed to a military base hospital where one succumbed to the injuries, he added.