Rohitashva Kumar Khairwa
Rohitashva Kumar Khairwa became martyr on 21.10.2022 in a helicopter crash at Migging village in the border state Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district on Friday 21.10.2022. In this crash Maj Vikas Bhambhu, Maj Mustafa Bohara, Cfn Aswin KV, Hav Biresh Sinha & Nk Rohitashva Kumar laid down their lives in the line of duty in helicopter crash at Migging, Arunachal Pradesh. Nk Rohitashva Kumar was from Posana village in Udaipurwati tahsil of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan.
Became martyr in a helicopter crash
He became martyr on 21.10.2022 in a helicopter crash at Migging village in the border state Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district on Friday 21.10.2022.
ITANAGAR, 22 Oct: The toll in the army helicopter crash in Upper Siang district rose to five with the body of the last missing army man having been recovered on Saturday, a defence spokesperson said.
The advanced light helicopter (ALH), carrying five army personnel, including two pilots, was on a regular sortie when it crashed at 10:43 am on Friday near Migging, around 25 kms south of Tuting, he said.
The bodies of the four other personnel were recovered on Friday evening from the crash site in a densely wooded mountainous area, around 35 kms from the border with China, defence spokesman Lt Col AS Walia said.
The deceased army personnel have been identified as pilots Major Vikas Bhambhu and Major Mustafa Bohara, CFN Tech AVN (AEN) Aswin KV, Havildar (OPR) Biresh Sinha, and NK (Opr) Rohitashva Kumar, he said.
The cause of the crash is not yet known and details are being ascertained, the officer said.
“It is reported that the weather was good for flying operations.
The pilots had more than 600 combined flying hours on ALH-WSI and over 1,800 service flying hours between them. The aircraft was inducted into service in June 2015,” Lt Col Walia said.
Prior to the crash, the air traffic control had received a mayday call, suggesting a technical or mechanical failure, he said.
“This will form the focus of the court of inquiry, which has been immediately constituted to investigate the cause of the accident,” Lt Col Walia said.
The army helicopter, also known as HAL Rudra, had taken off from Likabali in Lower Siang district.
The HAL Rudra is an attack helicopter manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the Indian Army. It is a weapon system integrated (WSI) Mk-IV variant of the Dhruv ALH and is the first armed helicopter produced indigenously in India.
This is the second accident involving an army helicopter in Arunachal this month. A Cheetah helicopter crashed in Tawang district on 5 October and claimed the life of one of its two pilots.
According to official records, Arunachal has witnessed 13 crashes since 1995, and 47 people were killed in them. (PTI)
Source - arunachaltimes, 22.10.2022
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