Nine perish as two IAF choppers collide near Jamnagar

Ahmedabad/New Delhi  : Indian Air Force officials work near the wreckage of one of two crashed Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopters following a mid-air collision near Jamnagar, some 330 kms. from Ahmedabad on August 30, 2012.

At least five airmen and four men of other ranks were killed when two Russian-designed military helicopters crashed August 30 after taking off in the western Indian state of Gujarat, police said.

The choppers, according to information reaching New Delhi, were flying close to each other when their rotor blades came in contact, causing the accident.

Rescue and relief teams have been rushed to the spot.

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