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Flames come out from the crashed IAF chopper near Coimbatore Army personnel carry the mortal remains of Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin
and Sulur on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Rawat’s wife Madhulika Rawat in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo/Sanjay Shaarma)
“a loss of a friend”. after the proceedings started in the
House for the day, Singh stated “an
he said, “Gen. rawat was a enquiry in the incident has been or-
dered by Indian Air Force, headed
hero son of india and champion by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh,
of very strong defence relations Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Training Command.”
between israel and india. For Explaining the sequence of
us, it is a loss of a friend. the top events, the defence minister said,
“With profound grief and heavy
leadership of our country knew heart, I stand to convey the unfortu-
him, valued his friendship.” nate news of the crash of the military
helicopter in the noon of December
8, 2021, with India’s first Chief of
“13 people lost their life with Gen
Rawat. You saw in the reactions from Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat
onboard.”
Israel coming from Prime Minister General Rawat was on a sched-
Naftali Bennett, former PM Benja- uled visit to Defence Services Staff
min Netanyahu, Minister of Foreign College, Wellington to interact with
Affairs Yair Lapid, Chief of Staff Lt. the student officers, Singh said.
Gen. Aviv Kohavi, Minister of De- File photo of CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat (ANI Photo) “The Air Force Mi-17V5 helicop-
fence Benny Gantz, Speaker of Par- ter took off from Sulur Air Base at
liament, Mickey Levy,” added Gilon. 11:48 am yesterday (Wednesday)
The Israeli envoy further stated
that everyone knew him, appreciated and was expected to land at Welling-
ton by 12:15 pm,” said the Minister.
him, valued his friendship because its Air Traffic Control at Sulur Air
part of the alliance between India and Base lost contact with the helicop-
Israel. “For us, anyhow the military ter at approximately 12.08 pm, he
side and the defence side things are added. Subsequently, Singh said,
very close to our heart. He touched few locals spotted a fire in the for-
us at many levels,” said Gilon. est near Coonoor and rushed to the
inquiry ordered spot where they observed the wreck-
A ‘tri service’ enquiry has been age of the IAF helicopter engulfed
ordered regarding the crash of the in flames.
Indian Air Force Mi-17V5 helicop- “Rescue teams from the local
ter that claimed the lives of Chief of administration in the vicinity reached
Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the site and attempted to recover the
his wife and 11 other defence person- survivors from the crash site. All
nel, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh those recovered from the wreckage
informed the Rajya Sabha on Thurs- were rushed to the Military Hospital,
day. Wellington,” Singh informed.
The enquiry will be headed by The inquiry report will take
Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, Air Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of u.S Army, General Milley tweeted this picture of Chief some time and it may finally reveal
Officer Commanding-in-Chief Train- of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat to pay condolences on his death, on Thursday. what went wrong. But it will be very
ing Command. Giving his statement CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and other officers died difficult to fill the void left by Gener-
in the Upper House a few minutes al Bipin Rawat.
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