Five injured as Army helicopter ditches in pond
A military helicopter made an emergency landing in Nakhon Nayok yesterday morning due to a broken sling in its rudder.
Five of the eight soldiers on board were injured in the incident.
After taking off from Lop Buri on a trip to Sa Kaeo, the helicopter became unresponsive over Nakhon Nayok and the pilot decided to ditch the aircraft in a pond.
Army Deputy Spokesman Winthai Suwaree said yesterday that the helicopter belonged to the Army’s fleet of rotary-wing aircraft.
The Army Aviation Centre, the 2nd Infantry Division the Royal Guards, and the aviation safety committee have also examined the helicopter in a bid to determine the cause of the broken sling.
The five inured in the accident – Master Sergeant Sornravit Intor, Captain Tumrongkeat Chattoranong, Sergeant Tawatchai Siriwong, Major Tosapon Nutsaryu and Captain Kachen Sai-ting – are being treated at Royal Chulachomklao Military Academy Hospital.
