Chennai, Dec 8, : The big question facing the armed forces and the nation is how a helicopter carrying an extremely important person — India’s Chief Of Defence Staff General Bipin Rohat — crashed, resulting in the deaths of many people. “Comprehensive checks would have been made on the helicopter.
A standby helicopter would also have been available.The weather conditions would have been checked.A former official of the Indian Air Force, (IAF) said that if the weather at Wellington was not ideal, they might have tried to make an attempt, and then called it off.”
According to the official, weather or technical snag could have caused the crash.
According to him, if everything was normal, there is only one possibility.The chopper was very close to Coonoor and would have flown low to the hill to duck under the clouds.
The black box on the chopper will be visible and could shed more light on the accident.
On Wednesday afternoon, at least four high ranking military officials were killed in a helicopter crash involving the Indian Air Force in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor.
Locals who witnessed the chopper collide with a tree helped with rescue operations.According to an eyewitness, the chopper may have hit a tree and crashed, which may explain why it was misty.
He said that he saw the chopper upside down and set fire to it when he reached the spot.
Indian Air Force confirmed General Rawat was present and tweeted: “An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, CDS Gen Bipin Rawat aboard, collided today near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu.”
Two passengers sustained serious injuries.Two passengers sustained severe injuries.
Drones are being used for the search of the survivors.
According to the force, an inquiry was ordered to determine the cause of the accident.
The helicopter took off from the Sulur Air Base and was heading to Wellington when it crashed.
Brigadier L.S.was also in the chopper.Lidder, Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh, Naik Gursewak Singh, Naik Jitender Kumar, Naik Vivek Kumar, Naik B.Sai Teja, Havaldar Satpal and pilots.
The rescuers sustained serious injuries and were taken to Wellington Military Hospital.
A strong police presence surrounds the hospital.
According to reports, four bodies had been recovered from the accident site.
IANS was told by a former Wing Commander of IAF that the helicopter had crashed with a strong impact and exploded based on visuals from the news channels.
Dr J.Radhakrishnan, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary, stated that a special medical team was sent to Coonoor in order to treat the injured.
Sources said that the Chief Minister of Tennessee may visit the hospital to treat the injured.
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