Arunachal Pradesh: Indian Army chopper crashes near Mandala Hills area of Arunachal Pradesh. Army's Cheetah helicopter crashes near Mandala in Arunachal Pradesh, search operation launched. It is breaking news, a Developing story... further details would be updated... "An Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed near the Mandala hills area of Arunachal Pradesh today, March 16. A search operation is currently underway for the pilots. “An Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter flying an operational sortie near Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh was reported to have lost contact with the Air Traffic Control at around 09:15 am Thursday. It is reported to have crashed near Mandala, West of Bomdila. Search parties have been launched," said the lieutenant colonel Mahendra Rawat, The Ministry of Defence Public Relations Unit, Defence Guwahati. BREAKING! An earthquake of 3.5 magnitude hits Ladakh Delhi: Bike rams into tree, 1 killed, another injured Champawat Road Accident: 3 killed, CM Dhami expresses grief