A naval helicopter, with four personnel on board, crashed off the Vishakhapatnam harbour on Tuesday. Two crew members were immediately rescued while two others were missing and a search was underway for them, Navy officials said. The Chetak helicopter crashed at around 1500 hours during a routine training sortie, they said. ...
07:45 PM, Mar 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council is set to meet on Monday where a decision is expected on replacing the military's ageing Cheetah and Chetak helicopters of the Indian Air Force. The meet comes amidst allegations of bribery which threaten to torpedo the VVIP helicopter deal. Italian defence major Finmeccanica stands to lose thousands of crores in Indian orders if it is proved that its subsidiary AgustaWestland did give bribe...
10:10 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Goa: An Indian Navy Chetak helicopter crashed at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Monday morning. Three people including two pilots have been killed in the crash. The crash occurred on the civilian flight's runway. The rotor of the helicopter, which had flown from Mumbai to Dabolim, broke off while landing, Navy sources said. The chopper then caught fire, they said. The helicopter was to stop for refuelling when the...
12:01 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Pakur (Jharkhand): Three Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, including two pilots and a co-pilot, were killed on Saturday when a Chetak helicopter carrying them crashed at a remote place in Jharkhand because of bad weather. The chopper was on its way to Bagdogra air base from the air force station Kalaikunda in West Bengal when it encountered bad weather and crashed near Sinharsi air base along the border of Pakur...
08:08 PM, Sep 11, 2010
Bangalore: A Chetak helicopter crashed during a routine trainee sortie at the HAL Rotary Wing Academy here on Friday, leaving the pilot and a trainee injured. The pilot Air Commodore (Retd) Roy Asxey (59) and the trainee official Veerendra (25) have been hospitalised, officials in Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd said. The cause of the mishap, which occurred around nine am, was being ascertained, HAL Chairman Ashok Naik said. The usual procedure...
02:07 PM, Aug 27, 2010
