Army Helicopter Crashed in Siachen: Pilot Died

According to Army Headquarters' reports, an Indian Army officer was killed and another killed when the helicopter they were piloting crashed on the Siachen glacier. The chopper was on a routine supply sortie, when it crashed in Siachen, known as the highest battle field in the world.

The two officer-pilots were trying to land the chopper at the Bhim post helipad in northern glacier area at 11.45 a.m. when they lost control of the flying machine and it crashed 400 metres short of the helipad, an officer in the army headquarters said. "The pilot Chandrasekhar was killed and the co-pilot was badly injured. The army is evacuating the injured officer to a military hospital," the officer said.