An AH-64E Apache attack helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) sustained damage while making a precautionary landing while on a training sortie in Ladakh area on April 4.
“An IAF Apache helicopter carried out a precautionary landing during an operational training sortie in Ladakh AOR on 03 April 24. During the process of this landing, it sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude,” the IAF said on April 4.
Both the pilots on board are safe and have been recovered to the nearest airbase, the IAF said adding a Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause.
