Aerial search resumes for Arunachal CM's missing chopper
written by anjitha
at Monday, May 2, 2011
Braving inclement weather, two Mi-17 helicopters launched a massive search and rescue mission to trace the chopper carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu that went missing some 48 hours ago along the India-Bhutan border, officials said."Two Mi-17 helicopters took off from Tawang at 6.15 a.m. for search and rescue mission despite very bad weather," Ranjeeb Sahoo, spokesperson of the Eastern Air Command of the Indian Air Force, told IANS.Aerial operations were abandoned Sunday following heavy rains in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
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