Army helicopter with 8 onboard makes emergency landing in J&K’s Ramban, all passengers safe

An army helicopter with eight people on board made an emergency landing in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning due to a technical glitch. All passengers are safe.

An army helicopter made an emergency landing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday morning due to a technical glitch. There were eight passengers on board. Once the glitch was fixed, the chopper left for its destination. According to senior superintendent of police (SSP) PD Nitya, all eight passengers are safe. "The ALH [advanced light helicopter] of Srinagar-based 15 Corps was on its way to Udhampur from Manasbal in Bandipora district of north Kashmir and made the emergency landing at 10:45 am after developing some technical glitch," said the SSP.