Visakhapatnam: Two Chetak helicopters made precautionary landing in Vizianagaram district on Monday in separate incidents.
An Indian Navy Chetak from the INS Dega here on a routine sortie was forced to make a landing in the fields at Ramachandrapuram village near Kottavalasa and an Indian Air Force Chetak helicopter from Chilika in Odisha to Visakhapatnam made a landing at Nagur village, 120 km from away from here, owing to inclement weather.
The Navy helicopter which took from INS Dega on a routine sortie, with three crew members on board, made a precautionary landing after the pilot received an engine warning alarm at around 1.30 p.m. The crew and aircraft are safe, said a Ministry of Defence release. A technical team was sent from the Naval Air Station to the site to provide the necessary assistance. The helicopter returned to INS Dega safely in the evening.
30/06/15 The Hindu
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An Indian Navy Chetak from the INS Dega here on a routine sortie was forced to make a landing in the fields at Ramachandrapuram village near Kottavalasa and an Indian Air Force Chetak helicopter from Chilika in Odisha to Visakhapatnam made a landing at Nagur village, 120 km from away from here, owing to inclement weather.
The Navy helicopter which took from INS Dega on a routine sortie, with three crew members on board, made a precautionary landing after the pilot received an engine warning alarm at around 1.30 p.m. The crew and aircraft are safe, said a Ministry of Defence release. A technical team was sent from the Naval Air Station to the site to provide the necessary assistance. The helicopter returned to INS Dega safely in the evening.
30/06/15 The Hindu
