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A viral selfie with Army officers, including pilots, adjacent to a crashed chopper connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) enactment a spotlight connected an “accident” that took spot connected May 20, 2026 successful Ladakh. Meanwhile, a Court of Inquiry (CoI) has been ordered into the incident.
Officials said an Indian Army Cheetah airy chopper “met with an mishap connected May 20 successful the Ladakh sector”.
“The 2 pilots and Division Commander Major General Sachin Mehta suffered injuries successful the mishap but are harmless and stable,” officials said.
Meanwhile, a Court of Inquiry was ordered into the incidental “to ascertain the origin of the accident”.
The incidental came to airy lone aft a selfie emerged connected societal media. It showed the Army serviceman and his colleagues connected a upland slope with the crashed chopper. One of the pilots could beryllium seen flashing a triumph motion aft surviving the “accident”.
Official sources said the clang tract was adjacent to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) successful the Shyok River portion of Eastern Ladakh bordering China.
