Watch Video: Co-Pilot Succumbed To His injuries After Army Cheetah Helicopter Crashed In North Kashmir

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An Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in the Tulail area of Gurez in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district this afternoon, killing the co-pilot and critically injuring the pilot, officials said.

The helicopter, on a routine mission to evacuate an ailing soldier from the forward post, lost contact with the forward post at Gujran, Baraub.

Maj Sankalp Yadav, 29 years old, the co-pilot succumbed to his injuries at 92 Base Hospital. The injured pilot is critical, however stable and is presently in ICU at 92 Base Hospital. Events leading to the crash of the helicopter are being ascertained.

However, sources earlier said that the fate of pilot and co—pilot was being ascertained. It is belived that pilot and co pilot ejected safely.

SDM Gurez told that the communication with the army chopper has been lost. “We are ascertaining the details,” he said.