Date:17/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/17/stories/2008081757230100.htm

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2 Majors among 3 killed in copter crash

Jammu: Two Majors and a jawan were killed when an Army helicopter on a rescue mission crashed in eastern Ladakh due to bad weather. The copter with two pilots, Major Padmanabhan and Major S. Ganapathy of the Army Aviation Squadron at Leh, had taken off on Friday to evacuate an injured jawan, E. Narsaih. — PTI