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Army helicopter crash in J N K, pilots are safe

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Army’s helicopter crash in Jammu and Kashmir; Pilots safe

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New Delhi, 3 August (H.S): The two pilots of the army helicopter that crashed on Tuesday morning in J&K’s Kathua district are safe, defence sources said.

According to the Army official, Army’s aviation ALH Dhruv helicopter that had taken off from Pathankot in Punjab crashed Tuesday morning into the Ranjit Sagar Dam. “Both the pilots are safe. The weapon system integrated helicopter had taken off from Pathankot and met with an accident during a routine sortie”, Defence sources said. The area of the Ranjit Sagar Dam where the crash occurred is in Kathua district of J&K, sources said.