Cheetah helicopter crashes in UP, three dead

Lucknow: Three people were killed when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district on Wednesday morning, officials said. [caption id=“attachment_1738801” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] The pilot, co-pilot and an engineer died in the crash which took place at around 8 am in Nakatiya, a rural area of Bareilly. Officials said the chopper caught fire soon after take off and crashed. Fire tenders were rushed, but none of the passengers could be saved, an official said. The chopper is a Cheetah helicopter. According to an NDTV report, the chopper took off for a testing flight but immediately caught fire and crashed. (With inputs from IANS)