Pakistan authorities forced an Indian military helicopter to land and have taken its four-member crew into custody for violating Pakistani airspace.– File Photo
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman for Pakistan’s army said authorities have forced an Indian military helicopter to land and have taken its four-member crew into custody for violating Pakistani airspace.
The helicopter intruded into Pakistani territory in Olding sector in northern Skardu region around 1:00 p.m (0800 GMT).
According to initial details, it was stated that the helicopter conducted an emergency landing due to bad weather.
Later, however, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said that the helicopter was forced to land near Skardu, a city in northeastern Pakistan fairly close to the border with India-administered Kashmir.
“The helicopter had come deep into our airspace. It was forced to land. Four Indian army officers have been taken into safe custody. They are safe,” military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas told Reuters.
He did not say what Pakistan planned to do with them.
Re: Indian chopper forced to land after violating Pakistani airspace
Yeah weather is that bad that all their navigation equipment doesn’t work. We use old Russian MI8s from the 1970s and hell we never cross into Iran for some reason due to the bad weather.
Re: Indian chopper forced to land after violating Pakistani airspace
snow whiteout and bad weather at the drass and kargil sector in himalayan ranges does not happen in the baluchistan -sistan border area of pako iran border
more over i hope helicopter was not going to drop spies but simply strayed in to pok.
Re: Indian chopper forced to land after violating Pakistani airspace
certainly a big heart shown by pakistani military establishment and government . responsible establishments .
i dont know much detail about the circumstances of 1999 shooting of naval servillance plane in the aftermath of kargil war , but it was a plane which was owned and used by pakistan navy . but in the 1965 a civilian aircraft carrying chief minister of gujrat balwant rai mehta his family was shot down by pakistan air force even after pakistani pilots repeated messages that small aircraft to be shot is civilian , pakistani airforce bosses ordered knowingly to shoot it down. but the pilot who shot down the ill fated plane showed the real big heart and conveyed his condolences to the daughter of the pilot of shot down plane .
[Pakistani pilot reaches out to daughter of Indian man he shot down …
l](Redirect Notice)et us forget the bad memories and be responsible states
Re: Indian chopper forced to land after violating Pakistani airspace
At least Pak shown maturity by not shooting it down as India did few years back by shooting down un armed Pakistani plane!
Let me explain you what the protocol is:
If an enemy airplane strays inside a country, then the strayed enemy airplane has to land in the country. Enemy plane cannot simply escape back...
In case of Pakistani plane, First of all, it was not an unarmed recon plane...Those kind of recon plane have capabilities to fire missiles.......Secondly....Pakistani crew was asked to land in Indian territory by Indian fighter planes.....
Pakistani crew did not respond and turned back....it was only then it was fired upon.
If Indian crew had responded the same way, they would have been fired upon in similar way.
its not maturity...its called following the protocol.
Re: Indian chopper forced to land after violating Pakistani airspace
Let me explain you what the protocol is:
If an enemy airplane strays inside a country, then the strayed enemy airplane has to land in the country. Enemy plane cannot simply escape back...
In case of Pakistani plane, First of all, it was not an unarmed recon plane...Those kind of recon plane have capabilities to fire missiles.......Secondly....Pakistani crew was asked to land in Indian territory by Indian fighter planes.....
Pakistani crew did not respond and turned back....it was only then it was fired upon.
If Indian crew had responded the same way, they would have been fired upon in similar way.
its not maturity...its called following the protocol.
Its very easy to create a false 'engagement story' and shot down the plane ...isnt it?
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Practice what you preach, please. Why you had to quote a old story to tell someone to forget the bad memories , they why are you jogging bad memories by quoting more than 50 years old story ?
Re: Indian chopper forced to land after violating Pakistani airspace
Let me explain you what the protocol is:
If an enemy airplane strays inside a country, then the strayed enemy airplane has to land in the country. Enemy plane cannot simply escape back...
In case of Pakistani plane, First of all, it was not an unarmed recon plane...Those kind of recon plane have capabilities to fire missiles.......Secondly....Pakistani crew was asked to land in Indian territory by Indian fighter planes.....
Pakistani crew did not respond and turned back....it was only then it was fired upon.
If Indian crew had responded the same way, they would have been fired upon in similar way.
its not maturity...its called following the protocol.
I suppose you were sitting in one of the Indian planes, or is it the Indian press version which you are narrating parrot fashion here.
We use old Russian MI8s from the 1970s and hell we never cross into Iran for some reason due to the bad weather.