<div align="justify">The bodies of two IAF officers and an IRB jawan were recovered from the spot where an IAF chopper crashed two days ago during flood rescue sorties, police said today.<br /><br />Search is on for the fourth air force officer who was on board the chopper.<br /><br />The police had initially said there were three people on board the helicopter -- Wing Commander M S Dhillon, the pilot, Flight Lieutenant P K Singh and Flight Engineer Sergeant Gujjar.<br /><br />It was later confirmed that an Indian Reserve Battalion jawan was also with them to help evacuate people stranded in Sagalee and Dambuk following massive landslides caused by heavy rain.<br /><br />The IRB jawan was identified as Nada Umbing from Hija village of Lower Subansiri district, DGP Sandeep Goel said.<br /><br />The search team comprised personnel from the state police, the National Disaster Response Force, the Army and the IAF. They were assisted by a medical team, the DGP said.<br /><br />The helicopter had taken off Tuesday from Pilputu helipad near Sagalee in Papum Pare district, around 30 km from the Arunachal Pradesh capital.<br /><br />It lost contact with the ground staff within minutes of take-off at 3:48 pm.</div>
<div align="justify">The bodies of two IAF officers and an IRB jawan were recovered from the spot where an IAF chopper crashed two days ago during flood rescue sorties, police said today.<br /><br />Search is on for the fourth air force officer who was on board the chopper.<br /><br />The police had initially said there were three people on board the helicopter -- Wing Commander M S Dhillon, the pilot, Flight Lieutenant P K Singh and Flight Engineer Sergeant Gujjar.<br /><br />It was later confirmed that an Indian Reserve Battalion jawan was also with them to help evacuate people stranded in Sagalee and Dambuk following massive landslides caused by heavy rain.<br /><br />The IRB jawan was identified as Nada Umbing from Hija village of Lower Subansiri district, DGP Sandeep Goel said.<br /><br />The search team comprised personnel from the state police, the National Disaster Response Force, the Army and the IAF. They were assisted by a medical team, the DGP said.<br /><br />The helicopter had taken off Tuesday from Pilputu helipad near Sagalee in Papum Pare district, around 30 km from the Arunachal Pradesh capital.<br /><br />It lost contact with the ground staff within minutes of take-off at 3:48 pm.</div>