Srinagar, Feb 27 (KNS): Airports in Amritsar, Jammu, Srinagar and Leh–close to the border with Pakistan–have been shut. The move comes after an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam Wednesday morning. Two bodies have been found, said media reports in Delhi.
The crash took place in the backdrop of heavy shelling and firing from across the border on a day IAF fighter jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed a vast terror camp within Pakistan in a pre-dawn strike.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The area has been on high alert amid warnings of retaliation after India’s fighter jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed a vast terror camp within Pakistan in a pre-dawn strike on Tuesday.
Air Vistara tweeted that flights from Amritsar, Srinagar, Chandigarh and Jammu are on hold due to the airspace restrictions. (KNS)