A helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with six persons on board made an emergency landing at a village in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday due to a technical snag, a police officer said.
The pilot and the five crew members are safe, Berasia police station inspector Narendra Kulaste, said. The incident occurred around 8.45am, he added.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: An Indian Air Force ALH Dhruv helicopter made a precautionary landing near Bhopal. As per the initial reports, the crew is safe and a team is on the way to look into the technical issues: IAF sources pic.twitter.com/cQRxCrJjzK
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The aircraft, of IAF's III HU unit, made the emergency landing in a sugarcane field near a lake in Dungariya village, nearly 60 km from the Bhopal district headquarters, he said.
The helicopter, on way to Jhansi from Bhopal, developed a technical fault, the officer added.
A team of the IAF has reached the spot to fix the technical problem. Another team of technicians is expected to reach Dungariya village from Nagpur shortly, he added.
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