The aircraft, identified as an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), came down in mountainous Bandipore district, some 65 kilometres (40 miles) north of the Kashmiri summer capital Srinagar, killing a lieutenant colonel and a major, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
The chopper crashed about 30 minutes after it took off for a night training sortie from the army’s aviation base at Manasbal.
There was no immediate reason given for the accident. – AFP
