Injured being brought to a hospital for treatment after a
helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) crashed during landing at Porbandar
airport, Gujarat, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (PTI Photo)
- PORBANDAR (GUJURAT) — Three crew members were killed after a helicopter of the
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) crashed and caught fire at an airport on the outskirts
of Gujarat's Porbandar city, police said.
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- The incident took place at 12.10 pm when the ICG's Advanced
Light Helicopter (ALH), which was returning from a routine sortie, crashed
while trying to land on the runway of the Coast Guard airport, Porbandar
Superintendent of Police Bhagirathsinh Jadeja said.
The chopper crashed near the runway and caught fire. The
blaze was later brought under control with the help of a fire tender, he said.
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- The three crew members onboard were brought out of the
chopper and rushed to a hospital in Porbandar in a severely burnt condition, he
said.
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- "While two of them were declared brought dead, one was
alive when brought to the hospital and died later," Kamala Baug police
station's inspector Rajesh Kanmiya said.
- Their identities were not yet known, he said.
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- The incident comes four months after the ICG's ALH MK-III
helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea off Porbandar on September 2 last year,
killing three crew members.
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- The bodies of its pilot and a diver were recovered soon
after the incident, while the body of the third crew member was found after
more than a month.
