A two-seater Chetak helicopter of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) crashed while taking-off during a training mission on Friday. The two pilots escaped with minor injuries, HAL said.

The chopper, VT-EIV of the HAL Rotary Wing Academy, was being flown by retired Air Cmde Roj Assey, an instructor at the Academy, and Capt Virendra Singh of the Indian Army, who was taking flying instructions, HAL said in a statement.