New Delhi: A blame game has erupted over the Tawang helicopter crash that claimed 17 lives with Pawan Hans asserting today its choppers were "properly and regularly maintained" after the Arunachal Pradesh government charged the operator with flying "non-airworthy" helicopters.
Rejecting the charges by the Arunachal government over the airworthiness of its fleet, the central government-owned helicopter operator said its choppers were properly maintained and had the necessary certification to fly.
"Our helicopters are properly and regularly maintained and serviced. All of them have valid airworthiness certification and our pilots are highly trained", a spokesperson for the Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) told PTI.
He said the pilots Capt Varun Gupta and Capt AK Tiwari of the ill-fated Mi-17 chopper were "highly experienced with over 5,000 hours of flying".
Tuesday's accident caused the death of 17 of the 23 people on board the helicopter but Capt Gupta and five others miraculously survived though with serious burn injuries. Tiwari was among the victims.
21/04/11 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
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