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3 killed as helicopter crashes in India’s Gujarat state

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three individuals have been killed as a Coast Guard helicopter crashed in the Indian state Gujarat, a media report said on Monday.

The Times of India reported: “The ALH Mark-III chopper was returning from a routine training sortie when it developed some technical snag while landing at the Coast Guard Air Enclave in Porbandar, and crashed.”

It said: “The two pilots - Commandant Saurabh and Deputy Commandant SK Yadav - and air crew diver Manoj Pradhan Navik were pulled out of the burning helicopter and rushed to a govt hospital.

"But they succumbed to their injuries. A board of inquiry will investigate the reasons leading to the crash,” one official said.

hz/mud

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