NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MAR 6
An Army chopper with three officers, including a Lieutenant General on board, made an emergency landing in an open field at Veena village in Kheda district on Saturday evening due to a technical snag, police and Defence sources said, adding nobody was injured in the incident.
ALH helicopter was flying the three officers to Ahmedabad, including an Army Lieutenant General, an AOC Officer, and a colonel, besides two pilots and a technician, from Kevadia in Narmada district after the conclusion of the three-day Combined Commanders’ Conference, an officer said.
“The chopper, carrying three Army officers, including a Lieutenant General, two pilots and a technician from Kevadia in Narmada district to Ahmedabad, made an emergency landing in an open field at Veena village between Nadiad and Mahudha in Kheda district due to hydraulic oil leakage,” said Kheda Superintendent of Police Divya Mishra.
The pilot, Colonel BR Nambiar displayed immense situational awareness and good flying skills in ensuring a safe landing. All the personnel onboard the aircraft are safe and there has been no damage to any civilian property or person in the incident, Mishra said, adding that the area has been cordoned off.
The conference, organised at Tent City near the world’s tallest Statue of Unity in Kevadia, was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the last day
