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Friday, March 27, 2009

Indian Naval chopper crashes off Goa

Ka-28 (Helix-A)A routine training sortie ended in disaster after an Indian Navy helicopter crashed into the Arabian sea, 22 nautical miles west of Goa, on Wednesday morning. Navy officials said that all three personnel on the craft at the time of the crash survived.

Navy PRO commander N V Kesari said three naval officers—commander Divesh Khurana, lieutenant commander Prashant and lieutenant Gaurav—were on the Kamov-28 helicopter that plummeted into the sea at around 11.30 am.

The crew had, however, sent an SOS to the air traffic control at Dabolim naval air base and a search and rescue helicopter was immediately dispatched to locate the wreckage site and bring in survivors. “All three officers were picked up and brought to base and they are fine,” Kesari added.

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