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Sole survivor of IAF chopper break Neighborhood Captain Varun Singh undergoing treatment

Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Web Crew |Supply: DNA webdesk |Updated: Dec 08, 2021, 09: 37 PM IST

Thirteen out of 14 of us on board an Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Power died in a break in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The casualties consist of India’s Chief of Defence Workers (CDS) Overall Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, senior navy officers, and the crew contributors. IAF’s Neighborhood Captain Varun Singh is the sole survivor of the break. He is currently undergoing treatment and his condition is said to be serious.The IAF has educated that Singh is being handled at the Armed forces Hospital in Wellington.He turned into awarded Shaurya Chakra on this yr’s Independence Day for saving his LCA Tejas fighter plane all by an aerial emergency in 2020.The helicopter crashed around noon quickly after it took off from the Air Power harmful in Sulur, Coimbatore, for Wellington within the Nilgiri Hills. The CDS turned into heading to the Defence Products and companies Workers College in Wellington to take care of the college and scholar officers of the Workers Route on Wednesday.”Spherical noon this day, an IAF Mi 17 V5 helicopter with a crew of 4 contributors carrying the CDS and 9 varied passengers met with a tragic accident near Coonoor, TN,” the Indian Air Power said in a tweet.The Indian Air Power has issued a checklist of names of Overall Rawat’s staff who’ve been on-board the crashed chopper. These consist of Brigadier LS Lidder, Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh, NK Gursewak Singh, NK Jitendra Kumar, L/NK Vivek Kumar, L/NK B Sai Teja, and Hav Satpal are amongst these on board the plane.The IAF has ordered an inquiry into the accident.
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