India News: Air Force helicopter crashes during rescue operations in Uttarakhand

India News: A newly-acquired Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed while engaged on a rescue mission in Uttarakhand on Tuesday killing 20 people, a top official engaged in the relief operations said. The IAF, however, put the toll at eight, including the chopper's five crew members. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed shock over the accident and expressed his condolences to bereaved families.

The crash also claimed the lives of nine personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and six of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Management Authority vice chairman Shashidhar Reddy said.







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