Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in a statement, a tri-service inquiry has been ordered by the IAF headed by Air Marshall Manvendra Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command, to investigate the Mi-17V5 helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other military personnel.
In a tweet, IAF stated, "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 Flight Data Recorder (FDR) of the crashed helicopter has been recovered from the wreckage, an IAF official said. It will be sent for analysis to find out what happened in the last moments before it went down in the jungle.
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, including his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 armed forces personnel, were killed in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on December 8.
The sole survivor of the crash, Group Captain Varun Singh is currently undergoing treatment at a military hospital in Wellington.
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