IAF help being taken to search missing helicopter in C'garh

Jagdalpur, CG, Sep 12 (UNI) Assistance is being taken from the Indian Air Force for tracing the missing Ranbaxy's Bell-430 helicopter, which went missing after it took off from Hyderabad on August 3 in Chhattisgarh.

Two ultra-modern helicopters along with a team of experts had been pressed into service for the purpose, official sources said.

The specialty of these bullet-proof helicopters is that it can conduct search from quite near the ground level without fear of naxalite attack.

Search campaign could not begin today due to cloudy weather and rains.

Four people, including a pilot and an engineer, were on board on the missing helicopter.

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