CDS Bipin Rawat Chopper Crash Updates : 13 killed including CDS General Bipin Rawat in helicopter accident
Army Chopper Crash Updates: An Air Force helicopter has crashed in Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday afternoon. Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat was also aboard this chopper. It is known that he was accompanied by his wife Madhulika Rawat and many other military officers.
New Delhi: An unfortunate incident of a crash of an Air Force chopper has happened in the state of Tamil Nadu. An IAF chopper crashed on Wednesday afternoon in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu . This news has been confirmed that General Bipin Rawat, who was the Army Chief and now serving as the Chief of Defense Staff, was also aboard this chopper. It is known that he was accompanied by his wife Madhulika Rawat and many other military officers. Confirming the accident, the Indian Air Force said that the cause of the accident is being investigated.
New Delhi: Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat (CDS General Bipin Rawat), his wife Dr. Madhulika Rawat and 13 people have died in the helicopter accident in Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu. This helicopter accident happened yesterday. At the same time , the body of General Bipin Rawat and his wife Dr. Madhulika Rawat is to be brought to Delhi today. According to the information, the body of General Bipin Rawat and his wife will be brought to Delhi Cantonment and the last rites will be performed on Friday. His mortal remains will be transported to the national capital by a military aircraft today.
Rajnath Singh will give statement on the accident in the houses
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will give detailed information about this helicopter accident in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu in both the houses today. According to sources, Rajnath Singh will make a statement in the Lok Sabha today at 11:15 am and then in the Rajya Sabha in the afternoon.
Significantly, General Bipin Rawat has died in a helicopter accident. There were 14 people in this helicopter including General Rawat, his wife. The helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in which he was on board has crashed in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu. The Mi series helicopter took off from the Sulur Army base, shortly after it met.
The accident was confirmed by tweeting from the Indian Air Force. It was said in the tweet that, it has to be said with great regret that General Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 others aboard the helicopter have died in this accident.
Salman Khan tweeted on the death of General Bipin Rawat, condoling the death and said- we have
"Very safe" was Mi-17V-5 in which General Rawat was aboard, experts were also surprised by the crash
After the crash of the Mi-17V-5 Army helicopter in Tamil Nadu, several former Army officers saying that these helicopters are extremely reliable and workhorses of the Air Force.
General Bipin Rawat's helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: After the IAF helicopter Mi-17V-5 crashed in Tamil Nadu, several former Army officers saying that these helicopters are extremely reliable and workhorses of the IAF. The accident has stunned the experts. There were no complications in the flight from Sulur to Wellington, he added. It is worth noting that CDS Bipin Rawat was also aboard this helicopter. 13 people have died in this accident. It is believed that 14 people, including the helicopter's crew and passengers, were on board. The Indian Air Force has given instructions to investigate this crash.
The Mi-17V-5 is the latest twin-engined version of the Russian-made Mi-17 transport helicopter and is regularly used for high altitude operations. One of the most advanced military transports that can be used in any topography and weather, it is one of the most powerful helicopters used by the Indian Defense Forces. India has a large fleet of these helicopters, which were bought and inducted between 2013 and 2018.
Most experts described it as a "very reliable, safe, stable and large" helicopter, which is also used to ferry VIPs including the President