3 Army officers killed in Cheetah chopper crash in Bengal

Three army officers were killed and a junior commissioned officer was critically injured today when a Cheetah helicopter crashed at Sukna Military Camp in West Bengal.

Army officials said the chopper crashed at around 11:45 AM when it was returning to the camp’s helipad at Sukna, near Silgirui, from a routine mission.

While three officers died on the spot, a JCO was evacuated and admitted to a hospital in a critical condition.

3 officers killed after Army's Cheetah Chopper crash in Sukna (West Bengal) at around 10:30 AM. More details awaited.

— ANI (@ANI_news) November 30, 2016