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BREAKING: Chief Of Defence Staff, Wife Die In Helicopter Crash (Photos)
Chief Of Defence Staff, Wife Die In Helicopter Crash.
Onyxnews Nigeria gathered that a helicopter carrying India’s defence chief General Bipin Rawat crashed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday December 8, the air force said.
The chief of defence staff was travelling in a Russian-made Mi-17V5 chopper that “met with an accident today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu”, the Indian Air Force said on Twitter.
Onyxnews Nigeria learnt that the 63-year-old Rawat is India’s first chief of defence staff, a position that the Indian government established in 2019, and is seen as close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He and his wife were on board along with other officers and were headed to the Defence Services Staff College when it crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, a senior army officer told AFP.
The air force did not say whether Rawat, 63, was injured in the accident.
General Bipin Rawat dies in a helicopter crash
India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati said three injured people have been taken to a hospital.
Videos broadcast on Indian news channels showed the helicopter in flames as local residents tried to douse it in a dense forested area near the college in Nilgiris district.
The Indian air force said an inquiry was underway into the accident.
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