Mechanical Glitches
BAF chopper makes emergency landing on char
Staff Correspondent
An air force helicopter made an emergency landing on a char in Buriganga river in the city's Adabar area yesterday due to mechanical problems. However, the three crew members on board were safe. "Hearing sound, I looked up in the air and saw a helicopter descending slowly. Moments later, it landed on the sand at about 11:15am," Monir Hossain, a staff of the Chandrima Housing Project working nearby, told The Daily Star. Witnesses said that within a few minutes, another helicopter carrying air force engineers, reached the spot. After they fixed the faulty one, both the helicopters took off some half an hour later. A large number of army, air force, Rab and police personnel rushed to the spot soon after the landing and cordoned off the area. Officer-in Charge (OC) of Adabar Police Station Salahuddin Ahmed said that the helicopter was forced to land following mechanical problems and flew away sometimes later after the air force engineers repaired it.
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