Pathankot: IAF chopper makes emergency landing in Nangalpur area

NEW DELHI: An Apache chopper of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has made an exigency landing successful the Nangalpur area.Last week, IAF was forced to marque an exigency landing successful a tract adjacent UP's Saharanpur aft the pilots received a method snag informing connected their flying sheet successful the cockpit.

After extended checks connected the ground, the Apache was flown backmost to Sarsawa aerial station, astir 12km from Saharanpur, aboriginal successful the day.

"There is nary harm to the helicopter. All unit members are safe," an authoritative said. Also read: Apache lands safely aft mid-air snagOn April 4 past year, different Apache chopper was severely damaged erstwhile it made a hard landing adjacent Khardung La successful Ladakh during an operational sortie.The Apache helicopter, officially known arsenic the Boeing AH-64 Apache, is 1 of the astir precocious and feared onslaught helicopters successful the world.

Originally developed by Hughes Helicopters successful the 1970s and aboriginal produced by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing, the Apache is renowned for its lethal firepower, agility, and battlefield survivability. Equipped with a nose-mounted sensor suite for people acquisition and nighttime vision, the chopper tin run efficaciously successful some time and night, arsenic good arsenic successful adverse upwind conditions. Its superior armament includes a 30mm M230 concatenation gun, Hellfire anti-tank missiles, and Hydra 70 rocket pods, making it a versatile level susceptible of engaging crushed vehicles, fortifications, and force troops.

The Apache chopper represents a important leap successful India's combat aviation capabilities. The state inducted the Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian into its arsenal to heighten its violative power, particularly successful high-altitude and borderline areas. The IAF was the archetypal to run Apaches, with deliveries opening successful 2019, and aboriginal the Indian Army inducted its ain fleet, with the archetypal batch arriving successful 2024. The Army’s Apaches are chiefly deployed to supply adjacent aerial enactment to crushed forces and are strategically positioned on the country’s delicate borders, including the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan.