Arunachal Pradesh CM Chopper Found
posted on Apr 30, 2011 @ 3:03PM
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu chopper, which went missing since morning, was traced. Reports say that Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu plane landed safely and everyone on the plane are safe. The Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu plane made pricoshnary landing in Eastin Bhutan for a brief time and Dorjee Khandu would be boarding another chopper to comeback to capital city Itanagar.
Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu helicopter also has four others, including two crew members took-off on Saturday morning. Mr. Khandu, accompanied by two of his personal aides, had taken off from Tawang at 9:56 am and was to land at Itanagar at 11:30 am. It was last sighted at Sela Pass, 20 minutes after taking off from Tawang, defence sources in Shillong said. The air force has pressed into service two helicopters in search operations to locate the missing chopper. This is the third helicopter to get into trouble in the Northeast in the last fortnight.