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Missing Arunachal chopper sighted in dense forests
August 04, 2015
The missing helicopter has been "sighted" in the dense forests in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh; rescue operation has been launched, says news agency PTI.
A helicopter of state-run Pawan Hans with three persons on board
including a senior police officer today went missing after taking off
from Dibrugarh for Khonsa district in Arunachal Pradesh.
The
Dauphin N3 helicopter lost touch with the Air Traffic Control after
taking off at around 11 am, company sources told PTI. A senior police
officer from Arunachal Pradesh is the lone passenger on board the
twin-engine helicopter besides the pilot and co-pilot, they said.
"We
are trying to contact the pilot but as of now no link has been
established with the missing helicopter," the sources said.
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