Flood Rescue Ops: As several areas received heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours and a flood-like situation emerged, the Madhya Pradesh government sought the Indian Air Force's help to rescue people and undertake disaster relief operations.
The CM had come to Varanasi on Saturday and had paid obeisance at Kashi Vishwanath temple, besides holding a review meeting.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that the incident is being probed and an operational advisory has also been issued to all operators for strict compliance to safety standards as per the joint SOP issued for these operations.
The weather remained partly cloudy with thundershowers in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. The Regional Meteorological Department based in Srinagar informed on Monday that partly cloudy weather with thundershowers at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours.
India had signed a deal with Russia about 10 years ago for the procurement of 80 Mi-17V5s that have been inducted in batches into the force and these 48 were planned to be inducted into the force and other aviation agencies who don't want it anymore.
Russia claims two attack helicopters entered its airspace and fired at least six times on residential areas in the border village of Klimovo in the Bryansk Region on Thursday.
A spokesman for Ministry of Defense, Inayatullah Khwarazmi on Wednesday said the crash was due to technical problems and 2 pilots were injured, reported Tolo News.
Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the Rs 400 crore project at Jhansi node of UP Defence Industrial Corridor. The project is being executed by Bharat Dynamics Ltd for setting up a plant to produce propulsion systems for Anti-Tank Guided Missiles.
Major Rohit Kumar and Major Anuj Rajput were on a training sortie when their Cheetah helicopter crash-landed in Shiv Garh Dhar near Patnitop, resulting in grave injuries. Both the pilots succumbed at Command Hospital, Udhampur where they had been evacuated for treatment
The helicopter went down in the Kronotsky nature reserve, and the regional administration said workers were searching for survivors in Kuril Lake, which was formed in a volcano caldera and crater.
At least one person had died while another was injured after a trainer aircraft crashed in Maharashtra's Jalgaon. The incident took place near Wardi village in the district's Chopda area which is part of the Satpura mountain ranges around 4.30 pm.
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.
American firm Lockheed Martin on Friday shared the first picture of the MH-60 Romeo multi-role helicopter for the Indian Navy in Indian colours. India has placed orders for 24 of these helicopters under a government to government deal.
Azerbaijan has apologized for accidentally shooting down a Russian Mi-24 military helicopter near its border with Armenia border, which killed two Russian servicemen.
A trainee pilot died and others who were onboard got injured after a helicopter carrying 4 people crashed in UttarPradesh's Azamgarh on September 21.
Helicopter has been deployed in Jaisalmer for locust control operation on July 05. Pesticides were loaded in the helicopter for aerial spraying.
In a recent claim, it was said that the government would drop money from helicopters. The claim comes at a sensitive time when the nation is also facing a grappling economic situation arising due to the coronavirus crisis.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Cheetah helicopter made an emergency (precautionary) landing Thursday on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. The chopper has now returned to the Hindon airbase from where it had taken off, according to the Indian Air Force. More to follow.
Ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit here next week, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday approved a government-to-government deal to procure a batch of 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters from the US at a cost of USD 2.6 billion.
In a bid to boost tourism, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday lifted a 25-year ban on the operation of helicopter flights by private operators from Colombo.
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