Arunachal Pradesh: Indian Army chopper crashes near Mandala hills; search on for pilots

Itanagar: An Indian Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter flying an operational sortie near Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh crashed near the Mandala hills area of the state on Thursday, officals said. 

Defence Guwahati Public Relations Officer Lt col Mahendra Rawat said that the aircraft was reported to have lost contact with the Air Traffic Controller at around 09:15 AM today.

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Search operations for the pilots are underway.

More details are awaited. (with ANI inputs) 

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