Cheetah Helicopter

'Pak scrambled jet to intercept Indian chopper'

Islamabad: Pakistani military scrambled a combat jet after an Indian army helicopter strayed into the country's airspace and warned the Indian crew that the aircraft would be fired at if it tried to escape, a media report said on Monday.

Pakistani authorities forced the Indian helicopter with a four-member crew to land after it flew across the Line of Control near Skardu on Sunday.

The helicopter and crew were allowed to leave several hours later after the Directors General of Military Operations of the two sides established contact.

The Dawn newspaper quoted its sources as saying that a Pakistan Air Force plane was "scrambled immediately after spotting the helicopter and at the same time the Air Defence, through its communication system, warned those on board that they would come under fire if they tried to escape"....more    

Pakistan releases Indian chopper that crossed LoC

New Delhi: The official sources have confirmed that the issue of Army helicopter being forced to land in PoK by Pakistani military, has been resolved. Military and diplomatic channels of the two countries were activated and the Army Aviation Corp's Cheetah helicoper with three middle-level officers and a JCO on board was released and returned safely back to Kargil just before sunset less than five hours after it inadvertently crossed...