Gen Rawat’s chopper lost contact with Sulur airbase at 12.08 pm
New Delhi, Dec 09: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Parliament today gave a timeline of IAF chopper crash in which Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat along with 12 others lost their lives.
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He said that the chopper flew from Sulur at 11.48 am on December 8 and was supposed to reach Wellington airbase at 12.15 pm. Around 12.08 pm, the Sulur airbase lost contact with the chopper, he also said.
He also informed the Parliament that a tri-service inquiry will be conducted into the Indian Air Force chopper crash.
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Making
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Parliament,
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Sri-service
inquiry
team
headed
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Air
Marshal
Manavendra
Singh
reached
Wellington
on
Wednesday
itself
and
began
investigation
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the
matter,
Air
Marshal
Manavendra
Singh
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the
commander
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the
IAF's
training
command
and
a
chopper
pilot
himself.
Chief Of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat will be laid to rest with full military honours, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh said in the Lok Sabha. He was addressing Parliament on the chopper crash that took place at Nilgiris on December 8 in which CDS General Rawat, his wife and 11 others lost their lives.