Itanagar, April 20: A day after 17 persons were killed after a Pawan Hans Mi17 helicopter crashed while landing in Tawang, the Arunachal Pradesh government today demanded an inquiry into the maintenance of the choppers.
The Pawan Hans Mi17 chopper crashed yesterday killing 17 people on board including three crew members, but its pilot and five others survived with serious burn injuries.
The injured persons were flown to Guwahati today by helicopter, from where two of them have been referred to Delhi.
The Arunachal Pradesh government has blamed Pawan Hans Helicopter Services Limited (PHHL) for the crash.
PHHS operates five helicopters across Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura and daily Guwahati-Tawang services for the past nine years.
–PTI