Itanagar: Pawan Hans Helicopter Services Limited (PHHL) Executive Director Sanjeev Bahl on Friday said that the company would deploy two new MI-172 helicopters in Arunachal Pradesh in December.
Four pilots have been selected and would undergo training for the new helicopters.
Expressing deep shock at the April 19 Tawang helicopter crash, which killed 17 people and injured six, Bahl denied that mid-air fire or mayday was announced by the pilot before the crash.
Pointing out that the MI 17 or MI 172 choppers are most trustworthy choppers used in most of the countries even for flying presidents and prime ministers, he said airworthiness is the most important parameter for a chopper, whose life span goes beyond 25 years.
To clarify PHHL's maintenance procedure, Bahl said that besides pre-flight, post-flight and stop-over maintenance, 50-hour, 100-hour (up to 1,000 hour) maintenance are conducted regularly at local base here as per DGCA guidelines while beyond 1,000-hour overhauling is done at Mumbai base and even the choppers are sent to Russia for the purpose.
Bahl further said that besides being the first air service provider to the state and its people, it has been assisting in airlifting heavy machines for BRO (engaged in building border roads), engaged in rescue missions to save precious lives, lifting police personnel to contain civil disturbance, airlifting ration to remote areas delinked by floods besides, men and materials during elections.
29/04/11 ANI/News Track India
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