A spokesman for Ministry of Defense, Inayatullah Khwarazmi on Wednesday said the crash was due to technical problems and 2 pilots were injured, reported Tolo News.
The tri-services inquiry has ruled out the possibility of any sabotage as a probable cause of General Bipin Rawat's chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on December 8.
At least 39 people were killed in the helicopter crash, Madagascar Police chief Zafisambatra Ravoavy said.
Group Captain Varun Singh had survived in the IAF's helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu on December 8, in which Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others died.
The video of the chopper disappearing into the fog has since gone viral in the social media. The district police have collected the man's mobile phone and sent it to forensic lab in Coimbatore, as part of investigation in the case.
Mourning the death of General Rawat, Madhav said, "In his demise, the country has lost a great reformist leader of our armed forces."
A huge crowd of people lined up on both sides of the dedicated road route to bid final goodbye to the top Army General. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was cremated with full military honours in Friday.
Group Captain Varun Singh is the Shaurya Chakra awardee. He had won the gallantry award for showing courage by handling his Tejas fighter jet after it faced a major technical issue during his sortie in October 2020.
The black box, comprising the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force was recovered from the crash site on Thursday.
General Bipin Rawat helicopter crash: The Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others crashed, killing 13 of the 14 people on board in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft from Sulur is expected to arrive at Palam airbase by 7:40 pm today. 'Shradhanjali ceremony' is scheduled from 8:30 pm.
CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others lost their lives in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district on Wednesday afternoon.
Group Captain Varun Singh was in IAF's Mi-17V5 chopper along with CDS General Bipin Rawat and others when it crashed near Coonoor in Ooty on Wednesday afternoon.
The flight data recorder of the IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter that crashed in a wooded, hilly area near Coonoor has been recovered.
Group Captain Varun Singh is the Shaurya Chakra awardee. He had won the gallantry award for showing courage by handling his Tejas fighter jet after it faced a major technical issue during his sortie in October 2020.
A local resident Shiv Kumar told India TV that he was among the first persons to reach the site where IAF's Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor. Kumar said three people fell down of the burning chopper as it hit the ground.
Indian Air Force officials on Thursday found the black box of the crashed helicopter near the crash site in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor.
Thirteen of the 14 people including CDS General Bipin Rawat on board the helicopter died in the crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
The black box of ill-fated M 17 helicopter of the IAF that crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu has been found. CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 others lost their lives in the incident.
The copter carrying General Rawat and his entourage crashed in apparently foggy conditions, killing the 13 people on board, the IAF and other officials said. One person survived the crash and is being treated at a hospital.
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