Showing posts with label Indian Air force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Air force. Show all posts

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Tawang IAF helicopter crash: A scar forever.

All dreams crashed in these densed forests of Arunachal Pradesh
 for the families of Prahlad, Apendra and other onboard.
It is a bit personal. Don’t even know should I add it in the blog or not but this is something I wish I had not heard of or perhaps few of my friends could find solace here.

In a delighted though of being on leave for next few days when I was planning my leave at 1 o’clock at noon this day, two of my colleagues were trying to defy the ultimate truth; the death at an altitude of perhaps 4 kilometers mid air. Up an altitude to more than 4000 meters in the extreme east of India, on a routine maintenance sortie in Mi-17 Helicopter of Indian Air force in Arunachal Pradesh when the chopper crashed. Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India about which rests of the Indians only know about; they know China, yet, for me it is a different story.