Coast Guard chopper damaged in emergency landing

Kochi | Wednesday | 22nd March, 2017

Summary:

A Coast Guard Chetak helicopter performed forced-landing at the Naval Air Station INS Garuda in Kochi after an aborted take-off on Tuesday. more-inA Coast Guard Chetak helicopter damaged its undercarriage while performing forced-landing after an aborted take-off at the Naval Air Station INS Garuda here on Tuesday. The helicopter was cleared from the runway for repairs and normal flight operations continued from the naval airfield. The two pilots of the helicopter and an aircrew diver on board at the time of the mishap had a narrow escape. “The asymmetric landing that followed caused damage to the helicopter’s undercarriage..