Accidents
Investigators Probe Coast Guard Dhruv Helicopter Crash
Hindustan Aeronautics is working on type certification of civil variant of rotorcraft
Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter
The Indian Coast Guard has now lost two of its Advanced Light Helicopter Mk III Dhruvs in fatal accidents.

Customers for the civil variants of the Indian Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk III Dhruv are closely monitoring the investigation into a fatal accident involving a military version of the rotorcraft on January 5. The crash was the second fatal accident with a military-configured Dhruv rotorcraft operated by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).

According to a short statement from the ICG, the latest Dhruv accident happened during a training flight at Porbandar Airport in the western state of Gujarat. Two pilots and an ICG diver were killed, but no further details have been released about the accident that is now being investigated by the government’s Board of Inquiry.