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Wreckage of the missing Pawan Hans helicopter found

by IBNS 09 Aug 2015, 11:19 pm

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS) The wreckage of Pawan Hans helicopter which went missing with three on board last week, has been found in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district.

"The Air Force has confirmed that the wreckage of the missing helicopter has been found 12 km south of Khonsa, the headquarters of Tirap district," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said.

The Dauphin VT-PHK helicopter on Aug four took off with a government official and two pilots and lost communication with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) five minutes after departure.

The helicopter was on a routine sortie to Longding.

massive search operation was launched to trace the missing chopper.