MI-172 Helicopter VT-PHF of Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. met with an accident today afternoon at Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh while on a flight from Gawahati to Tawang. The helicopter had 18 passengers on board (including 2 minors) and 5 crew members. The actual number of fatalities and injured are being ascertained. Search and rescue measures are in progress. The helicopter crash landed due to likely wind shear and down draft while landing and caught fire on impact to the ground. Officers from DGCA have rushed to the site of the accident and an inquiry ordered into the accident. The Director General along with a team of senior officials would be visiting the accident site tomorrow. The Government is likely to set up a Committee for investigation into the accident.
The helicopter was manufactured in 1996 and its C of A is valid upto 28/08/2011.
19/04/11 PRESS RELEASE/Press Information Bureau
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