Departing from the Sirsi helipad for Kedarnath early Friday, the helicopter was captured in a video circling above the helipad before landing near a Himalayan temple, causing concern among onlookers.

The incident occurred when Banerjee was about to take her seat inside the chopper, which was waiting to take off.

The delivery of the Apache attack helicopters is expected to start in May, officials said.

MH 60R Seahawk multi-role helicopters, a maritime variant of the Blackhawk helicopter, ahead of their commissioning into the Indian Navy. Navy on Sunday announced that it will raise the first squadron of MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, imported from the US, at INS Garuda in Kochi on March 6.