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  Prominent personalities who lost their lives to air crashes | Read Here

  India | December 08, 2021 19:55 IST

  General Rawat's condition was earlier said to be critical, but the Indian Air Force later informed that he had succumbed to his injuries. The incident brings to mind several prominent personalities who have perished in air crashes in the past.

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  RIP CDS General Bipin Rawat: The man who was born to serve the Indian Army

  India | December 08, 2021 19:10 IST

  According to reports, CDS Rawat was headed to Defence Services Staff College located in Wellington in Udhagamandalam (Ooty). His wife Madhulika Rawat was also on the chopper that crashed.

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  IAF helicopter with CDS Bipin Rawat on board crashes in Tamil Nadu

  News | December 08, 2021 15:18 IST

  An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat crashed at Coonoor in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. Besides Rawat, a total of 14 people including his staff and some family members were present in the Mi-series chopper that crashed between Coimbatore and Sulur in Tamil Nadu. The chopper was on its way from the Sulur IAF base to the Defence Services College (DSC) at Wellington when it crashed.

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  J-K: Body of co-pilot of crashed Army helicopter recovered after two months from dam

  India | October 17, 2021 21:09 IST

  The mortal remains of Captain Jayant Joshi were fished out from the dam around 2 pm in one of the longest search operations in recent history and were later taken to Pathankot military station, a police official said.  

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  Jammu and Kashmir: Two Army pilots dead in helicopter crash

  News | September 22, 2021 7:40 IST

  Two pilots were killed when an Army helicopter crash-landed in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Tuesday. The incident took place during a training sortie in a densely forested area of Patnitop area.

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  Mi-8 Helicopter with tourists crashes in east Russia; 8 missing

  World | August 12, 2021 6:53 IST

  The helicopter went down in the Kronotsky nature reserve, and the regional administration said workers were searching for survivors in Kuril Lake, which was formed in a volcano caldera and crater.

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  An Indian Army helicopter crashes near Ranjit Sagar Dam in Pathankot

  News | August 03, 2021 12:34 IST

  Ahelicopter of the Indian Army crashed near Ranjit Sagar Dam lake in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. An NDRF team has been deployed to carry out search and rescue operations.

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  Army helicopter crashes near Ranjit Sagar Dam in Punjab's Pathankot

  India | August 03, 2021 14:00 IST

  A helicopter of the Indian Army helicopter crashed near Ranjit Sagar Dam in Pathankot on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of any casualty.

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  4 killed in helicopter crash in remote California region

  World | August 02, 2021 6:50 IST

  The Colusa County Sheriff's department confirmed four deaths due to a helicopter crash in California region.

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  Wreckage of helicopter crash that killed 5 found on glacier

  World | April 03, 2021 9:00 IST

  On March 27, the helicopter carrying guides and guests on a heli-skiing excursion north of Anchorage slammed into a mountain and then rolled downhill hundreds of feet, killing the pilot and four of the five passengers, officials said.

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  Richest Czech man among 5 killed in Alaska helicopter crash

  World | March 29, 2021 15:56 IST

  A contracted helicopter carrying guides and guests from a lodge on a heli-skiing trip in Alaska’s backcountry crashed, killing the pilot and four others, including the Czech Republic’s richest man.

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  4 dead as military chopper crashes in Pakistan

  World | December 27, 2020 12:57 IST

  The helicopter crashed on Saturday due to technical reasons when it was evacuating the body of a soldier killed earlier to a military hospital in the region, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said in the statement.

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  Tamil Nadu helicopter crash reports false

  India | June 12, 2020 14:35 IST

  A report emerging about a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu has been withdrawn because of incorrect information.

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  Two US soldiers killed in chopper crash in Afghanistan

  World | November 20, 2019 14:48 IST

  "In accordance with US Department of Defense policy, the names of the service members killed in action are being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin is complete," the coalition stated.

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  Indian Army helicopter crashes in Bhutan, 2 pilots dead

  India | September 27, 2019 16:31 IST

  Breaking news: An Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in Bhutan on Friday, leaving two pilots dead.

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  Uttarakhand: Helicopter carrying relief material crashes near Arakot

  India | August 23, 2019 15:55 IST

  The private helicopter made the landing on the banks of a river when it was on way to Chiwa to distribute relief material among affected people, Uttarkashi District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan said.

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  Three dead as helicopter involved in rescue operation crashes in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi

  News | August 21, 2019 16:19 IST

  Three people in a helicopter carrying relief material to the flood-affected areas in Uttarakhand died after their chopper crashed this afternoon.

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  Helicopter crash kills 25 in Afghanistan

  World | October 31, 2018 13:18 IST

    Naser Mehdi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, says the helicopter crashed around 9:10 a.m. (0440 GMT), shortly after taking off from the mountainous Anar Dara district heading toward nearby Herat province.

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  Indian Navy’s Chetak helicopter crashes during trainee sortie, crew safe

  India | October 01, 2018 13:33 IST

  The Chetak CH422 crashed while carrying out dry winching dual sortie. The chopper has suffered damage to main and tail rotors according to the initial probe.

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  Helicopter crashes near Afghan army base, three rescued

  World | September 02, 2018 12:54 IST

  The helicopter was carrying 10 people, fate of remaining seven is still unknown.