Chinese Helicopter enters India, breaches airspace norms
New Delhi : A Chinese military helicopter was found hovering over Barahoti region of Uttarakhand on Monday, breaching airspace norms. This is the fourth time a chinese helicopter has infiltrated the LAC within a month.
On March 10, three Chinese military helicopters had entered Barahoti and were in Indian airspace for more than four minutes.
Before that Chinese helicopters had infiltrated into the Indian airspace in Ladakh. On March 8, two Chinese helicopters were spotted hovering in Ladakh at around 8.55 AM. They came within 18 kilometers of the Indian airspace.
A similar incident was reported on February 27 when the Chinese chopper infiltrated and entered within 19 kilometers of Indian airspace in Depsang and Trig Highway of Ladakh.