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Pilot Killed, Co-Pilot Injured In Army Chopper Crash In North Kashmir.

A pilot was reportedly killed and another injured as an Indian Army helicopter crashed in Baraum area of the Tulail Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday afternoon.

Quoting sources, news agency GNS reported that the copter was on way to airlift an ailing BSF soldier from Gurez sector but crashed on way.

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Rescue operations are underway with teams being despatched on foot while air reconnaissance teams are looking for survivors.

The injured pilot has been shifted to a medical facility.

The cause of the crash was not known immediately. According to an official, the chopper was about to land but “drifted away” because of the weather conditions.

Sherjeel Malik

Sherjeel Malik is a content writer at Kashmir Digits. Apart from covering current affairs, Sherjeel likes to create content about sports and write opinion based articles.

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