Army bids adieu to pilot killed; injured pilot shifted to Guwahati

ITANAGAR: The army on Thursday paid tribute with full military honours to the mortal remains of Lt Col Saurabh Yadav, who was killed when a Cheetah helicopter of Army Aviation crashed in a forward area near Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang.

Lt Col Walia said that the other injured pilot in Wednesday's incident was air evacuated to 151 base hospital in Guwahati and he is being treated by the best medical staff. The pilot is out of critical danger and is recovering well, Defence spokesman Lt Col A.S. Walia.

The mortal remains of the 37-years-old pilot have been dispatched to Delhi in a special military plane. (IANS)

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