Pak helicopter flies close to Poonch along LoC, no firing action reported
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Published: Feb 21, 2018, 06:14 IST | Updated: Feb 21, 2018, 06:14 IST
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There was no firing or hostile action by any side.
Indian Army sources said today that a Pakistan military helicopter came close to the Line of Control(LoC) and then returned.
The chopperapparently flew near the Poonch area in J&K which has seen several firing incidents by Pak troops across the border.
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There was no firing or hostile action by any side, reports said.
The helicopter reportedly came within 300 metres of the LoC and then turned back.
According to army protocol, the rotary wing of an aircraft/chopper should not come within 1 kilometre and the fixed wing, not within 10 kilometres of the LoC.
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