An Indian Army chopper crashed near Mandala in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday morning, killing the pilot and the co-pilot of the helicopter.
The two pilots -- Lieutenant Colonel VVB Reddy and Major Jayanth A -- were earlier reported to be missing, reports NDTV.
The aircraft lost contact with the Air Traffic Controller at 9:15am, the army said.
Five search parties of the Indian Army were immediately launched, and the wreckage of the aircraft was found near Village Banglajaap East of Mandala, the army said, adding that a Court of Inquiry is being ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident.
The chopper had taken off from Sange village in the district at 9am and was headed for Missamari in Assam's Sonitpur district.
Rohit Rajbir Singh, the superintendent of Police, Special Investigation Cell (SIC), explained that villagers had found the crashed chopper ablaze in Dirang, and informed district officials.
"Villagers from Bangjalep at Dirang located the chopper around 12.30 pm. It is still burning," Singh said.
The area has no mobile connectivity and the weather is extremely foggy with visibility as low as five meters, he added.
