IAF recovers critical equipment
Critical equipment of IAF Mi-17 that crashed near Coonoor near Tamil Nadu was recovered by air force officials from the spot on Thursday, an ANI report said.
Critical equipment of IAF Mi-17 that crashed near Coonoor near Tamil Nadu recovered by Air Force officials from the spot pic.twitter.com/4AD3NEHBdZ— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2021
Gen Bipin Rawat helicopter crash
Bodies of those who died in the military chopper crash brought to Madras Regimental Centre from Military Hospital, Wellington in Nilgiris district
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Bodies of those who died in the military chopper crash brought to Madras Regimental Centre from Military Hospital, Wellington in Nilgiris district pic.twitter.com/IaqlYwE3EX— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2021
Army South Western Command
All ranks of the Sapta Shakti Command of the Indian Army express deepest condolences on the untimely demise of CDS General Bipin Rawat and other passengers on board the unfortunate helicopter that crashed on Wednesday.
Lt Gen AS Bhinder, GOC-in-C & all ranks of #SaptaShaktiCommand express deepest condolences on the untimely demise of General Bipin Rawat, #CDS, Mrs Madhulika Rawat & 11 other passengers on board the unfortunate #HelicopterCrash at #Coonoor. #ArmedForces #RestInPeace @adgpi pic.twitter.com/JNNNuSdcV8— SouthWesternCommand_IA (@SWComd_IA) December 9, 2021
IMA Commandant’s Parade
The Indian Military Academy in Dehradun has cancelled the Commandant’s Parade, the final rehearsal parade scheduled to be held on Thursday, ahead of the final passing out parade, said Academy’s Public Relations Officer Col Himani Pant on Thursday.
CDS helicopter crash
The black box of the ill-fated chopper that crashed on Wednesday killing 13 people on board was retrieved on Thursday morning from the crash site.
Rajnath Singh statement
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will make a statement in both Houses of Parliament today on the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu that claimed the lives of 13 people including the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat.
Moments before the crash
CDS ancestral village
According to News18, Only General Bipin Rawat’s family lives in the ancestral village of CDS Rawat in Uttarakhand. Whereas once more than 15 families lived in this village named Sain of Pauri Garhwal district. 10 to 15 families used to live in this village. But due to lack of facilities in the village, migration took place. Today, only his uncle lives in the village, who was assured by General Rawat in 2018 that after retirement, he would bring comforts to the village and live by building a house. Along with this, reverse migration will be done from other people as well.
Gen Bipin Rawat’s illustrious military journey
Belonging to a military family, General Bipin Rawat already had the military traditions running in his veins and he lived upto the rich echelons of military behaviour.
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Milley
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Milley also condoled the death of General Bipin Rawat.
We’re deeply saddened by the loss of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat & others who died in the crash. He made lasting impact on the Indian military & reinforced our strong military-to-military relationship b/w US & India: US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Milley(File Photo) pic.twitter.com/ZcxyocDI0U— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2021