Key Points
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Apache helicopter executed a precautionary landing during an operational training sortie in the Ladakh Area of Responsibility (AOR) on April 3, 2024..
The aircraft sustained damage during the landing process, attributed to the undulating terrain and high altitude prevalent in the region...
The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry into the incident..
During the process of this landing, it sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude," the IAF said in a brief statement...
The IAF had procured 22 Apache attack helicopters, and the chopper that had to make the emergency landing was based in the Pathankot Air Force station in Punjab...
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