17 feared dead in Arunachal chopper crash
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Last Updated: Tue, Apr 19, 2011 19:34 hrs
"Seventeen out of twenty-three on board are presumed dead. Six have been rescued," said Tawang District Commissioner G Padu.
The Pawan Hans Mi17 helicopter was on way from Guwahati town in Assam to Tawang when it caught fire just minutes before landing at 1.57 pm. It fell into a gorge from a height of 15 metres.
The five crew members have been identified as Captain Varun Gupta, Captain AK Tiwary, Flight Engineer PK Chaturvedi, Assistant Maintenance Engineer SB Kulkarni and Flight attendant A Dikshit.
The 18 civilian passengers included two minors.
The Indian Army is continuing rescue operations.
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