IAF chief N A K Browne reaches Jamnagar; inquiry team recovers flight data recorders

New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne today reached Jamnagar to reassure the pilots and technicians at the IAF airbase there which lost nine personnel in a mid- air collision involving two Mi-17 helicopters, as the inquiry team recovered flight data recorders of the choppers.
The two choppers belonging to the elite Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) carrying rockets had collided with each other shortly after take off from the air base yesterday, killing all nine personnel on board.
ACM Browne reached the air base soon after taking over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) from Admiral Nirmal Verma, who is retiring today.
31/08/12 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Safety Aug 2012