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Lt Col S D Goswami said an army helicopter with two pilots -- Major Padmanabhan and Major S Ganapathy of the Army Aviation Squadron at Leh -- had taken off on a rescue mission in eastern Ladakh yesterday to evacuate a casualty.
The helicopter lost contact with the air traffic control (ATC) while returning to Leh in bad weather. The wreckage was found near a mountain pass in the eastern Ladakh.
Both the pilots and jawan E Narsaih, who was being evacuated, were killed. The army has ordered a court of inquiry.


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