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LEH, May 23: Three army officers had a narrow escape after their Cheetah helicopter crashed in the mountainous Tangste region near Leh, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday.
\nThe incident occurred on Wednesday but was reported on Friday.
\nA lieutenant colonel and a major were piloting the single-engine chopper and their passenger was Major General Sachin Mehta, General Officer Commanding of 3 Infantry Division.
\nIt was a \u2018miracle\u2019
\nOfficials said all three occupants walked away with minor injuries, calling the incident no less than a miracle and adding that a probe into what caused the crash was underway.<\/p>\n

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LEH, May 23: Three army officers had a narrow escape after their Cheetah helicopter crashed in the mountainous Tangste region near Leh, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday. The incident occurred on Wednesday but was reported on Friday. A lieutenant colonel and a major were piloting the single-engine chopper and their passenger was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ladakh","category-national"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nArmy\u2019s Cheetah Helicopter Crashes Near Lee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three army officers had a narrow escape after their Cheetah helicopter crashed in the mountainous Tangste region near Leh, officials familiar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/armys-cheetah-helicopter-crashes-near-leh-major-general-among-3-injured\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army\u2019s Cheetah Helicopter Crashes Near Lee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three army officers had a narrow escape after their Cheetah helicopter crashed in the mountainous Tangste region near Leh, officials familiar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/armys-cheetah-helicopter-crashes-near-leh-major-general-among-3-injured\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jammu Bulletin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jammubulletinnews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-23T06:21:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ARMY-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/armys-cheetah-helicopter-crashes-near-leh-major-general-among-3-injured\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/armys-cheetah-helicopter-crashes-near-leh-major-general-among-3-injured\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/f3c17a1937e1f28a8046d670255ba6c3\"},\"headline\":\"Army\u2019s Cheetah Helicopter Crashes Near Leh; 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