A joint team of Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Army on Friday rescued
six crew members of an Mi-17 military helicopter from a snow-capped
mountain at an altitude of 15,500 feet in North Sikkim, officials said.
The
Mi-17 medium-lift transport helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an
emergency landing near Mukutang in Sikkim on Thursday due to inclement
weather.
"The Indian Army and the IAF helicopters in tandem with
troops on ground execute a daring rescue of stranded air crew from an
altitude of 15,500 feet in inclement weather in Sikkim," an Army
official said.
All four aircrew of the IAF and two Indian Army
personnel on board the chopper that made the emergency landing are safe,
officials said.
The helicopter
was on a routine air maintenance sortie from Chaten to Mukutang and it
sustained damage in the incident, the officials said.
The IAF has already ordered an investigation into the emergency landing of the Mi-17 chopper.
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