Newly Inducted Apache makes emergency landing at Hoshiarpur in Punjab

New Delhi:An Indian Air Force (IAF) Apache helicopter on Friday made an emergency landing at Budhawar village of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The chopper had taken off from the Pathankot base and due to some technical glitch it had to land in the Budhwar village fields.Both the pilots and the helicopter are safe and there was no damage to the village, an eye-witness said.

US-based Boeing-made chopper was inducted last year at Pathankot base.A day ago, a Cheetah chopper had made an emergency landing on the outer Ring Road Highway near Hindon air base in Ghaziabad.(UNI)