Seventeen people were killed and six, including both the pilots, survived miraculously when a commercial helicopter crashed and burst into flames Tuesday just before landing at a high altitude helipad in Arunachal Pradesh.
'In all, 17 people have died in the crash and there were six survivors, including both the pilots, and they have been shifted to hospital with serious injuries,' A Toko, assistant director of the civil aviation department of Arunachal Pradesh, said.
Text: IANS
Image: People watch as a Pawan Hans chopper crashes into a gorge while landing in Tawang town of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, April19, 2011. (Photographs copyright PTI)
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