An advanced light helicopter (ALH) of the Indian Navy made an emergency landing in the Arabian sea off the coast of Mumbai on Wednesday.
The chopper was on a routine sortie when it was ditched close to the coast, prompting an immediate search and rescue operation, a Navy spokesperson said. Three crew members on board were rescued safely by a naval patrol craft.
An inquiry to investigate the incident has been ordered.
A ‘ditching’ is a controlled emergency landing of an aircraft on water.
