Nine defence personnel on Thursday were killed when two MI-17 choppers of Indian Air Force collided mid-air just after take off from an air base near Sarmat village of Jamnagar district in Gujarat. IAF sources said that there were nine people on board the aircraft who were all killed in the mid-air crash. Both the choppers were armed and were on a range-firing mission.
The villagers, who witnessed the accident, said the two choppers collided soon after take off and crashed near the village, 15 kms from Jamnagar city. The Russian-built choppers were from the tactical training school and not from the Jamnagar air base. An enquiry has been launched to ascertain the reason of the crash.
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