Arunachal copter crash the DGCA orders probe

Apr 19 MI-172 chopper crash-landed "due to likely wind shear and down draft while landing and caught fire on impact to the ground", the officials said quoting preliminary reports.The DGCA has ordered an inquiry into the crash of a Pawan Hans helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh even as initial reports suggested that "wind shear and down draft" led to the accident which claimed atleast 17 lives. Officials here said a committee would be set up to investigate the accident and a high-level team of DGCA officers, led by Director General E K Bharat Bhushan, will visit the accident site tomorrow.