<span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, 'twin engine, tandem rotor Chinook helicopter is publicly seen for the first time in the Ladakh air space. Named after ancient tribe Chinookans, the heaviest helicopter can carry 54 combat ready troops and can induct them straight into the battlefield. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chinook is meant for the high altitude heavy duty requirements in the frozen northern frontiers. Chinook which can fly at over 300 KMs per hour, whirred slowly over the Leh town while public watched the mighty flying beast with amaze filled eyes. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chinook gently dropped floral petals, leaves and glaze papers on the standing doctors and paramedics at SNM Hospital, to make the event colorful and memorable. The Chinook repeated the event at Army run General Hospital. Though after the event, Ladakh learnt a sudden spike in COVID-19 positive cases. </span><br />''  <br />