One day after an IAF helicopter crashed near the Katteri-Nanchappanchathram area in Kunur, and one day after the Chief of Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others were killed, officials began searching for the flight recorder, also known as Black box. Thursday morning. According to the report, the black box was recovered after the search range was expanded from 300 meters to 1 km at the scene of the accident. It is not clear how the helicopter crashed a few minutes before its scheduled arrival in Wellington.
The black box will provide key data on the chain of events that occurred before the flight crash and fire. The black box can display data about the final situation of the flight and the last minute conversations in the cockpit. On Thursday morning, the Indian Air Force Commander and Air Force Commander VR Chaudhari Marshal and the national DGP C Sylendra Babu visited the crash site.
The bodies of those killed in the crash on Wednesday have been taken from the military hospital to the Madras regiment center. The remains of Bipin Rawat and Madhulika Rawat are likely to arrive in Delhi on Thursday night.
A video that may have been taken a few minutes before the helicopter crash went viral on social media. The news agency ANI shared this video, which has been filmed by locals. The authenticity of the video has not been confirmed. India’s first CDS General Rawat was visiting the Defence Service Staff College in Wellington to speak to staff and student officials of the staff course when his helicopter crashed near Kunur in Tamil Nadu. General Rawat was appointed as India’s first Chief of Defense Staff on December 31, 2019. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff of the Army from January 2017 to December 2019. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the Indian Army in December 1978. He is a veteran of counter-insurgency warfare. CDS Rawat served in the most difficult terrain, including the northern and eastern headquarters.
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