A Cheetah helicopter of the Indian Army crashed in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday morning during a routine sortie, killing a pilot. The second pilot is being treated at the military hospital.
“Both the pilots were evacuated to nearest military hospital. With regret we inform that one of the pilots Lt Col Saurabh Yadav, who was critically injured, succumbed to the injuries during treatment,” the Army said in a statement.
The cause of the crash is not known, it further stated.
More details awaited