Bangladesh: Army training helicopter makes crash landing

DHAKA, 28 July 2022, (TON): Two pilots were injured as a training helicopter of the Bangladesh Army made a crash landing on a waterbody at Nawabganj upazila in Dhaka.

The pilots, Lieutenant Colonel Ismail and Major Shams, were shifted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital by helicopter, according to Inter-Services Public Relations.

It said “both the pilots are out of danger now.”

The accident occurred at about 1:30pm due to a mechanical fault when the BELL-206 helicopter of Army Aviation was practicing the emergency landing procedure as part of conducting routine training flights.

Local police provided assistance for the security of the area and the helicopter.

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