Rajnath Singh gets report on IAF chopper crash

Rajnath Singh gets report on IAF chopper crash

Hummingbird News Desk

NEW DELHI, 5 JAN: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, today, received a detailed presentation on the inquiry report of the tragic IAF chopper crash in Coonoor on 8 December in which Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others were killed.

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Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Marshal V N Chaudhari is learnt to have presented a detailed report to Mr Singh.

The tri-service court of inquiry was headed by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh and included personnel from the IAF, Army and the Navy.

Sources informed that the tri-services probe report has enumerated its findings on the reasons behind the IAF chopper crash and further made recommendations for future chopper operations for flying VIPs. 

The report also comprises a thorough analysis of data received from the black box of the chopper carrying India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Dr Madhulika Rawat, Group Captain Varun Singh and 11 other military personnel. Help from the original equipment manufacturers was also sought for the probe.

The inquiry team is understood to have suggested that pilots were following a railway line while flying towards the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington when a thick cloud cover emerged. The pilot may have got disoriented due to low visibility, leading to a collision and the subsequent crash. A technical fault in the helicopter or sabotage has been ruled out.

The probe team has suggested a relook at the standard operating procedures for flying VVIPs. The team examined all likely scenarios for the crash, including possible human error.

The IAF chief had earlier said that VVIP protocols for flying will be reviewed once the probe has been completed.

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