Press Trust of indiaNew Delhi: Just before the Army’s Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed near Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh, its pilots sent a ‘mayday’ call to the air traffic control suggesting a technical failure in the aircraft, military officials said on Saturday.
Four Army personnel were killed and one was reported missing after the twin-engine weapon system integrated (WSI) version of the indigenously-built helicopter went down at Migging village in Upper Siang district of the border state at 10.43 am on Friday.
A ‘mayday’ call refers to a distress call over radio communication by pilots to the air traffic control in case of emergency.
