IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Kancheepuram after developing technical snag
An Indian Air Force helicopter from the Tambaram station made a forced landing at vacant land in Salavakkam in Kancheepuram district on Wednesday.
Around 10 am on Wednesday, the villagers of Salavakkam noticed a helicopter hovering in the air for an unusually long time. A little while later, it landed on vacant land near a Saibaba temple in the locality.
Surprised by the unusual sight, a large number of local people rushed in to take a closer look at the helicopter. However, a team from Salavakkam police station immediately rushed there and made the public stay at a distance.
The police said that the helicopter from the Tambaram Air Force station was out on a morning training sortie. During the training session, it developed a technical snag, forcing the pilot to make a forced landing in the four-acre vacant land in Salavakkam.
Later, technicians from the IAF station arrived at the spot on another helicopter and began to attend to the fault.
After 1pm, the technical snag was addressed and the helicopter took off from Salavakkam and returned to Tambaram station.