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New Delhi : On December 24, 2018, at 10.40 am, Western Air Command of Indian Air force launched two Cheetah helicopters of the Udhampur based unit “Hovering Hawks” to carry out casualty evacuation from Chanderkot helipad on a short notice.
As per initial information received, a civil bus on move from Badgam to Kanpur fell into the valley near Ramban which led to several critical casualties. At 10.45 am, 2 helicopters and 2 set of crew were standby to take off from Udhampur to Chanderkot helipad where the casualties were initially evacuated.
On getting a go ahead for one helicopter at 10.50 am, Wg Cdr V Mehta as captain with co-pilot Arunima Vidhate got airborne from Udhampur. Meanwhile, after ascertaining the requirement, on the call of Wg Cdr V Mehta, second helicopter got airborne from Udhampur with Sqn Ldr SK Prasad as captain and Flt Lt Siddhant Yadav as co-pilot.
The first helicopter landed at Chanderkot Helipad at 11.25 am and picked up 3 critically injured Jawans of ITBP who were amongst the 9 critically injured travelling in the bus. The other heptr landed at 12.25 hrs and picked 2 remaining critical Jawans along with medical attendant. Four casualties were picked up by civil helicopter. “ Due to power station and several microwave towers on eastern side of helipad, heptrs had to carry out one sided approaches and take offs with thorough traffic coordination with civil helicopters. Additionally, the site had limited manoeuvring space,” said the mission leader and captain of the lead aircraft Wg Cdr Vishal Mehta.
Both the heptrs continued up to Jammu airport, where the ambulance was ready to attend the casualty. The casualties suffered serious injuries which included facial/head injuries, fractured leg and major bruises on arms. Although they had been recovered from the accident site to Ramban DH, their situation was highly critical and speedy evacuation to a better medical facility was the only lifesaving measure available. The crew of Hovering Hawks executed the mission with extreme professionalism, according to a PIB release.
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