Helicopter crash-Tamil Nadu chopper crash: CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat, wife, 11 others killed
General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff, his wife, and 11 people were killed in a helicopter accident close on Wednesday, according to the Indian Air Force.
According to the IAF and other sources, the helicopter carrying Gen Rawat and his entourage crashed in reportedly cloudy weather, killing all 13 people on board.
One individual was injured in the accident and is being treated at a hospital.
“With profound sadness, it has now been established that Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat, and 11 other personnel on board perished in the terrible mishap,” the IAF stated in a tweet.
Helicopter crash