An Advanced Light Helicopter or ALH-DHRUV Mark 3 helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) crash-landed at Kerala’s Kochi airport on Sunday.

All three crew members onboard the chopper have been protected with one among them receiving minor accidents. In a video shared by information company ANI, the helicopter could be seen trembling simply after taking off and making a compelled touchdown close to the primary runway at Kochi airport. ICG has ordered an inquiry to probe the reason for the accident.

“An incident of forced landing of an ALH Dhruv Mark 3 helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard today took place in Kochi while the pilots of the force were testing the chopper. The chopper was at around 25 feet height when it had to make a forced landing. The ICG is working towards resuming the operations of the ALH Dhruv fleet,” ICG officers mentioned in a press release.

“Immediately after takeoff, when the chopper was at about 30-40 feet above the ground, the cyclic controls (which controls longitudinal and lateral movement of aircraft) did not respond,” the officers added.

The fleet of ALH Dhruv choppers has been grounded since March 8 after an Indian Navy chopper met with an accident off the coast of Mumbai. The navy mentioned three crew members have been safely rescued by a naval patrol craft. An inquiry to research the incident was additionally ordered.

The ALH choppers are operated by all three defence forces together with the Army, Navy and Air Force together with the Indian Coast Guard. These choppers are utilized in various roles by the defence forces together with transportation of arms and ammunition.