A co-pilot was killed and pilot was critically injured when an Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in Baraub area of Gurez area in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Friday afternoon.
The copter crashed while it was on a routine mission to evacuate an ailing soldier from a forward post along the Line of Control, defence ministry spokesman here said
“Maj Sankalp Yadav, the co-pilot succumbed to his injuries The injured pilot was identified by sources as Lt. Col BK Divedi.
Regarding Maj Sankalp Yadav (29), the spokesman said that he was commissioned in Indian Army in 2015 and was a resident of Jaipur, Rajasthan. He is survived by his father.
