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.
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.
