Captain M.G. Mehta says the two Russian-made Mil MI-17 helicopters were on a routine training sortie when they collided and crashed into fields Thursday near the town of Jamnagar in Gujarat state.[break]
Eyewitnesses said one of the helicopters caught fire in the collision.
Mangled debris from the helicopters was scattered in fields near the air force base in Jamnagar.
The air force has ordered an inquiry.
A police officer gestures as Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel inspect the wreckage after two air force helicopters collided and crashed at a field in Sarmat village, near Jamnagar in Gujarat state, India, Thursday. (AP)
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