IAF helicopter Apache helicopter makes emergency landing in Ladakh
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IAF helicopter Apache helicopter makes emergency landing in Ladakh

Hindustan Times  

An Indian Air Force's Apache helicopter made an emergency landing in Ladakh and sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude, the IAF said on Thursday. IAF helicopters conduct trials on national highway The incident took place days after the IAF Chinook, Mi-17 and ALH helicopters landed on a stretch of the national highway linking Kashmir with the rest of the country as part of an Emergency Landing Facility drill, the first such exercise in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, two US-manufactured Chinook, one Russian-made Mi-17 and two Advance Light helicopters landed on the Wanpoh-Sangam stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the early hours of Tuesday. Emergency landing strip in J-K Work on the 3.5-km emergency landing strip was started in 2020 and completed late last year as part of a programme initiated by the IAF along with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for the creation of ELFs at different locations across the country.

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