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A helicopter belonging to the Indian Army has crashed in Ranjit Sagar Dam of Pathankot district on Tuesday morning.
The two pilots on board survived the crash which happened in the northern state of Punjab.
A police official of Pathankot, Surendra Lamba quoted by Agency reports said, “We received information that an army helicopter has crashed in the lake. We rushed our teams to the spot.”
The reports noted that two pilots from the army aviation Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv helicopter on board survived the crash adding that the helicopter was on a routine sortie when the incident happened.
“The weapon system integrated helicopter had taken off from Pathankot and met with the accident,’’ another report quoting its sources said.
