IAF copter makes ‘hard landing’ in Ladakh; pilots safe
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 7
Three pilots of the Indian Air Force had a narrow escape when the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark III, in which they were travelling on Monday made a ‘hard landing’ at a forward location near Daulat Baig Oldie on the Depsang plains in Northern Ladakh, abutting China.
‘Hard landing’ is a phrase used in military aviation to describe an uncontrolled landing from very low altitude.
The Copter was on a sortie with two pilots flying it and another pilot travelling in it as passenger. All are safe except for a few minor injuries and bruises. The Copter is produced by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and uses the French Turbomeca engines.
A Court of Inquiry had been ordered.
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