{"id":322380,"date":"2020-04-17T09:52:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T09:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=322380"},"modified":"2020-04-17T09:52:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T09:52:31","slug":"iaf-apache-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/iaf-apache-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF Apache helicopter makes emergency landing in Punjab  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322381 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/helicopter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/helicopter.jpg 681w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/helicopter-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/helicopter-535x420.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/>An Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday made an emergency landing in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The chopper took off from the Pathankot air base but landed in a field in Hoshiarpur after it developed a technical snag, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ministry of Defence in a statement said, \u201cAn Apache helicopter of the IAF got airborne\u00a0from Pathankot Airbase. The helicopter, after approx 1 hr of flying had indications of a critical failure and carried out a safe landing west of Indora, Punjab.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe captain\u00a0of the aircraft took correct and prompt actions to recover the helicopter safely,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAll crew onboard the helicopter are safe and there has been no damage to any property,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe aircraft will be recovered after necessary rectification,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday made an emergency landing in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The chopper took off from the Pathankot air base but landed in a field in Hoshiarpur after it developed a technical snag, officials said. Ministry of Defence in a statement said, \u201cAn Apache helicopter of the IAF [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":322381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,2913,2014],"tags":[2047],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322382,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322380\/revisions\/322382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/322381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}