Helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, 13 others on board crashes in Tamil Nadu
An air force helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others on board crashed today in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Air Force has confirmed. Five charred bodies have been recovered from the crash site crash while four persons have been taken to hospital with severe burn injuries. Further details are not known so far. General Rawat's wife, his Defence Assistant, security commandos and Indian Air Force personnel were reportedly among the 14 on board. The Indian Air Force confirmed in a tweet that the Chief of Defence Staff was on the flight. He had taken a flight from Delhi to Sulur earlier today and that flight manifest had listed nine people. "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 crash took place in the Nilgiris shortly after the Mi-series chopper took off from the army base at Sulur in Coimbatore. Al