18 die in Guwahati helicopter crash

FE Team | Published: April 20, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

GUWAHATI, April 19 : At least 18 people died and five others were badly burnt on Tuesday when a helicopter crashed and exploded as it tried to land in a mountainous region of northeast India. "The number of those killed are 18 and five people badly burnt have been taken to hospital in Tawang," said SB Singh, police inspector general of Arunachal Pradesh state, lowering the earlier death toll of 20. - AFP