NEW DELHI: An Army Dhruv advanced light helicopter, with two pilots and crew members, on Thursday went missing while flying over north Sikkim.
The Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv of the Army Aviation Corps had taken off from Sewak Road Base in Siliguri at 10.30am, Army sources said, PTI reported.
It lost radio contact at around 11.30am, the sources said adding efforts are on to locate it.
The base is under the 33 Corps Headquarters based in Siliguri.
Dhruv is an indigenously-developed helicopter inducted in the Army only recently.
The Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv of the Army Aviation Corps had taken off from Sewak Road Base in Siliguri at 10.30am, Army sources said, PTI reported.
It lost radio contact at around 11.30am, the sources said adding efforts are on to locate it.
The base is under the 33 Corps Headquarters based in Siliguri.
Dhruv is an indigenously-developed helicopter inducted in the Army only recently.
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