Indian Army Aviation SA 315B Lama Crash

An Indian Army Cheetah light helicopter crashed on 11 March 2022 near Gujran Nallah in the Gurez sector of Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir, while on its way to pick up sick Border Security Force personnel, according to PTI. An official told PTI the helicopter drifted away while coming in to land because of weather conditions. One of the two officers aboard was killed and the other injured; PTI's first reports named the pilot as the fatality. The cause was under investigation. The Cheetah is the Indian-built version of the SA 315B Lama.