Lt Gen Ranbir Singh Undergoes Medical Tests After Surviving Crash-Landing, Doing Fine

Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, who survived a chopper crash-landing, underwent medical tests at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and is doing fine.

According to sources in the Army, Singh underwent all required medical tests in a military hospital in Udhampur and is doing fine. Singh, who was the face of the 2016 surgical strikes, was on-board Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv when it made an emergency landing in Poonch, Jammu, and Kashmir,
“A helicopter with Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on-board has executed a forced landing on account of technical snag in general area of Poonch. All crew and passengers are safe,” the Army’s Northern Command had said in a statement.

The Northern Army Commander was returning from a forward location in the 16 Corps area of operations near the Line of Control (LoC) when the incident took place.

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