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Army Chopper Crash: Bodies Of Deceased Pilots Flown To Home States

The bodies were flown by a special military plane after a wreath-laying ceremony at Tezpur. A court of inquiry has been ordered by the Army to ascertain the cause of the accident.

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Army chopper crash in north Kashmir, on 11th March 2022.(Representational image)
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The bodies of the two pilots killed in an Army helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh were flown to their home states on Friday, a defence spokesperson said here. The mortal remains of Lt Col. VVB Reddy have been sent to Hyderabad and that of Maj. Jayanth A to Madurai, Defence spokesperson Lt Col. Mahendra Rawat said.

The bodies were flown by a special military plane after a wreath-laying ceremony at Tezpur. The duo was killed when a Cheetah helicopter of the Army, on an operational sortie from Missamari in  Assam to Tawang in  Arunachal Pradesh, crashed near Mandala in West Kameng district on Thursday morning.

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A court of inquiry has been ordered by the Army to ascertain the cause of the accident. Lt Col. Reddy’s body is expected to reach Hyderabad at 6 pm. It will be taken to his native place at  Yadadri in Telengana by road. The aircraft with the co-pilot’s body is scheduled to reach Madurai at 8 pm, the spokesperson added.

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