Watch: Chinook Helicopter Carries Debris Of IAF Helicopter From Kedarnath

Chinook helicopter will carry the particles of the MI-19 helicopter to a close-by airbase. (ANI)

Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand:

A Chinook helicopter on Saturday took off the particles of Indian Air Force’s MI-17 helicopter that caught hearth following a collision with an iron girder whereas touchdown on the helipad close to Kedarnath temple in 2018.

The particles of the MI-19 helicopter can be carried to a close-by airbase. The preparations for lifting the particles has been happening for the final 15 days. Recently, Air Force officers visited Kedarnath Dham and took inventory of the broken helicopter.

#WATCH: A Chinook helicopter takes off from a helipad in Kedarnath shrine with the particles of Indian Air Force’s MI-17 helicopter which had met with an accident in 2018. pic.twitter.com/IzsjU6MVXZ

– ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2020

Chinook helicopter landed on the MI-17 helipad in Kedarnath on Saturday to hold again the particles of Indian Air Force’s MI-17 helicopter.

In 2018, the Air Force”s MI-17 helicopter crashed whereas touchdown on the helipad situated behind the Kedarnath temple. In the incident, the pilot suffered a minor damage, whereas the helicopter was broken. IAF had left the damged MI-17 there.