New Delhi: India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other defence personnel died after a military helicopter carrying them crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
General Rawat was on his way to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course.
Apart from his wife, CDS Rawat was accompanied by his DA Brigadier LS Lidder and SO Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh. Others defence personnel on Indian Air Force’s Mi 17 V5 helicopter were Wg Cdr PS Chauhan, Sqn Ldr K Singh, JWO Das, JWO Pradeep A, Hav Satpal, Nk Gursewak Singh, Nk Jitender, L/Nk Vivek and L/Nk S Teja.
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Tamil Nadu | Vehicles carrying mortal remains of CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel who died in the Coonoor chopper crash, leave for Sulur airbase from Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district
From Sulur airbase, the mortal remains will be taken to Delhi by air. pic.twitter.com/ZGjFaKJqQc
— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2021
People pray for speedy recovery of IAF Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the Coonoor chopper crash, in his native village Kanhauli, Deoria
“Varun is posted in Tamil Nadu’s Wellington and lives with his son and daughter,” his uncle Dinesh Pratap Singh says pic.twitter.com/805H8fin79
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 9, 2021
# Group Captain Varun Singh is on life support in Military Hospital, Wellington, says Rajnath Singh
# CM Stalin pays tribute to Gen Bipin Rawat, others at Madras Regimental Centre
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin pays floral tribute to CDS Bipin Rawat and others who died in the Coonoor chopper crash, at Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district pic.twitter.com/1b9vB0yOct
— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2021
# Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder of the Mi-17V5 chopper that crashed yesterday with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat has been recovered from the site: Sources
तमिलनाडु: कुन्नूर में दुर्घटना स्थल से बरामद किया गया MI17-V5 हेलिकॉप्टर का ब्लैक बॉक्स, दुर्घटना के कारणों का पता लगाने में निभाएगा अहम भूमिका.. pic.twitter.com/0TAwckEns3
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) December 9, 2021
# Final moments before the helicopter crashed.
Tamil Nadu: Last moment of Mi-17 chopper carrying CDS Bipin Rawat and 13 others before it crashed near Coonoor on Wednesday.
(Video Source: Locals present near accident spot) pic.twitter.com/QLClEc1E5G
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) December 9, 2021
# Team of Tamil Nadu Forensic Science Department headed by Director Srinivasan arrived at the crash site.
# IAF forensic team reaches at helicopter crash site
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari along with Tamil Nadu DGP C Sylendra Babu visits accident site.
#HelicopterCrash: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari reaches the chopper crash site near #Coonoor in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu pic.twitter.com/1cYa0W9yoY
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) December 9, 2021
Army Vice Chief Lt Gen Chandi Prasad Mohanty has cut short his two-day visit to Qatar and is returning to Delhi after the death of Bipin Rawat.
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba extends condolences on the passing away of Gen Bipin Rawat.
