Chinook helicopter lifts off Kedarnath with debris from IAF MI-17 helicopter | India News


RUDRAPRAYAG / UTTARAKHAND: A Chinook helicopter on Saturday the debris of the Indian Air Force MI-17 helicopter that caught fire after a collision with an iron beam took off while landing on the helipad near Kedarnath temple in 2018.
The debris from the MI-19 helicopter will be transported to a nearby air base. Preparations to lift the rubble have been made over the past 15 days. Recently, Air Force officers visited Kedarnath Dham and examined the damaged helicopter.

The Chinook helicopter landed on the MI-17 helipad in Kedarnath Saturday to carry the debris from the Indian Air Force MI-17 helicopter.
In 2018, the Air Force MI-17 helicopter crashed while landing on the helipad located behind the Kedarnath temple. In the incident, the pilot suffered a minor injury, while the helicopter was damaged. IAF had left the damaged MI-17 there.

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