M S Nazki
Jammu, Aug 4 (GNS): Army on Wednesday pressed navy drivers into service to trace pilot and co-pilot of a helicopter of Indian Army’s aviation corps which crashed near the Ranjit Sagar Dam in the Basohli area of Kathua yesterday, officials said.
The helicopter crashed around 1020 hours on Tuesday. Later teams of Police and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rushed to the site and started rescue operations. However the success eluded them till evening when the operation was called off due to darkness.
This morning, Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand, Defence PRO based in Jammu, told GNS that navy divers were pressed into service to find out the missing pilots.
So far some helicopter parts were recovered along with a helmet, two big size bags and one shoe, the officials said.
The operation was suspended on Wednesday evening and would be resumed on Thursday morning, the officials said. (GNS)
