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SUMMARY
An Army helicopter carrying 14 army personnel, including BDS Bipin Rawat, crashed near Coonoor in the nearby hilly Nilgiris district on Wednesday. According to police sources, the chopper was on its way from the Sulur IAF base to the Defence Services College (DSC) at Wellington when it crashed. Emergency and rescue operation teams are present at the spot. Two onboard seriously injured and taken to a hospital.
MEDIA COVERAGE
INDIAN EXPRESS
INDIA TODAY
WION NEWS
OPINDIA
https://www.opindia.com/2021/12/helicopter-general-bipin-rawat-crashes-tamil-nadu/
TWITTER HANDLES:
INDIAN AIR FORCE
https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1468496444063576065
ANI
https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1468496438464180225
DEVELOPMENTS:
15:01: IAF Helicopter crash: Gen Bipin Rawat getting treated at Military Hospital, Wellington
15:47 : Experience of person who witnessed crash
16:48: 13 out of 14 confirmed dead
18:06 :Rajnath Singh offers his condolences. Gen Bipin Rawat is no more.