ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh government on Monday said it has zeroed in on an area in West Kameng district bordering Bhutan from where a helicopter carrying chief minister Dorjee Khandu disappeared. Following inputs from ISRO and IAF, the government has identified a 66 sqkm area in West Kameng district bordering Bhutan to trace the missing chopper.
The four-seater single-engine Pawan Hans helicopter went missing on Saturday after taking off from Tawang with Khandu, his security officer, Yeshi Choddak, Yeshi Lhamu, sister of Tawang MLA Tsewang Dhondup and crew members Capt J S Babbar and Capt T S Mamik on board.
Imagery data collected by ISRO and IAF are being analysed and by all agencies for the forces on ground to carry out their search operation in the Nagajiji area of West Kameng, power minister and government spokesman Jarbom Gamlin said on Monday.
"The metallic objects spotted by ISRO satellite images might not be the wreckage of the chopper. Everything will be clear once the teams reach the spot," he added.
Union minister of state (in PMO) V Narayansami said it was not possible for the search teams to move more than one km an hour because of the hostile terrain.
TOI
The four-seater single-engine Pawan Hans helicopter went missing on Saturday after taking off from Tawang with Khandu, his security officer, Yeshi Choddak, Yeshi Lhamu, sister of Tawang MLA Tsewang Dhondup and crew members Capt J S Babbar and Capt T S Mamik on board.
Imagery data collected by ISRO and IAF are being analysed and by all agencies for the forces on ground to carry out their search operation in the Nagajiji area of West Kameng, power minister and government spokesman Jarbom Gamlin said on Monday.
"The metallic objects spotted by ISRO satellite images might not be the wreckage of the chopper. Everything will be clear once the teams reach the spot," he added.
Union minister of state (in PMO) V Narayansami said it was not possible for the search teams to move more than one km an hour because of the hostile terrain.
TOI
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