IAF has said a court of inquiry ordered into the accident that took place in the Nilgiris near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. CDS Rawat was on his way to the Defence Staff College in Wellington
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on board met with an accident in the Nilgiris near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, the IAF said.
Quoting official sources, PTI reported that all the injured people on board the chopper have been evacuated from the spot of the accident.
A court of inquiry has been ordered into the accident, the IAF said.
CDS Rawat was on his way to the Defence Staff College in Wellington.
The military chopper crashed somewhere between Coimbatore and Sulur in Tamil Nadu.
According to reports, there were at least nine people on board the helicopter.
Here is the list:
Gen Bipin Rawat, CDS
Mrs Madhulika Rawat
Brig LS Lidder, Defence Adviser to the CDS
Lt Col Harjinder Singh, Special Officer to the CSS
Naik Gursewak Singh, PSO
Naik Jitendra Kumar, PSO
Lance Naik Vivek Kumar, PSO
Lance Naik B Sai Teja, PSO
Havildar Satpal, PSO
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has and instructed the state’s health secretary to depute a fully equipped medical team in the Nilgiris to assist in the rescue operation.
The CM also spoke to Coonoor District Magistrate Amrith and instructed him to speed up rescue operation, sources said.
