Three Months, Zero Flights: HAL’s Light Utility Helicopter Plunges Into Limbo

On 20 May 2026, a single-engine HAL Cheetah helicopter carrying Major General Sachin Mehta, the General Officer Commanding of the Indian Army’s 3 Infantry Division (Trishul Division), crashed in the rugged Tangtse region south-east of Leh in Ladakh, reported Live Fist Defence.A photograph taken moments after the crash showed Major General Mehta seated amid the wreckage, battered but composed, and
On 20 May 2026, a single-engine HAL Cheetah helicopter carrying Major General Sachin Mehta, the General Officer Commanding of the Indian Army’s 3 Infantry Division (Trishul Division), crashed in the rugged Tangtse region south-east of Leh in Ladakh, reported Live Fist Defence.A photograph taken moments after the crash showed Major General Mehta seated amid the wreckage, battered but composed, and
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