Chief of Defence Staff, wife dead as helicopter crashes.
Glamtush reports that an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat crashed at Co onoor in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Besides Rawat, his wife and a total of 14 people including his staff were present in the Mi-series chopper that crashed between Coimbatore and Sulur in Tamil Nadu.
“An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. An Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident,” the Indian Air Force tweeted.
According to passenger details, Bipin Rawat, Madhulika Rawat, Brig LS Lidder, Lt Col Harjinder Singh, NK Gurusewak Singh, NK Jitendra Kumar, L/NK Vivek Kumar, L/NK B sai Teja, Hav Satpal were flying from Delhi to Sulur on the chopper.
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