Army's aircraft crash lands in Shillong, injures two

A micro-light aircraft of the Indian Army crash landed on Wednesday in Shillong injuring two soldiers.

Defence PRO in a statement said that two personnel of Indian Army were on a routine training sortie from Advanced Landing Ground in a Microlight aircraft. The aircraft force landed at about 0915h on a hillock close to Shillong ALG. Both the jawans were recovered safely by the search and rescue team".

While there was no loss of life, curiously, even as the incident happened in morning, it took officials the whole day to clarify if it were an Army aircraft or the Indian Air Force's.

Officials, both in Shillong and Delhi, finally confirmed it belonged to Army's aviation wing.

The accident also happened on a day when defence minister Manohar Parrikar was busy campaigning for municipal elections in his home state Goa.

Parrikar, who is the former state chief minister campaigned in five municipal councils.

Goa is to go for polls in 11 municipalities around the state on November 1. The elections will be held at Margao, Mapusa, Mormugao, Ponda, Pernem, Bicholim, Sankhali, Valpoi, Sanguem, Quepem and Canacona where the municipal bodies tenure ends on November 11.