Indian Air Force

The Indian Army has set up a website (https://generalbipinrawattributes.in/) where people may pay their respects to the former Army Chief.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed parliament on Thursday that the IAF has launched a tri-service probe, which would be led by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command.

In a letter to the principal of the Army Public School in Chandimandir, Haryana, Group Captain Singh wrote to the children that not everyone would thrive in school and not everyone would be able to score in the 90s.

The chopper's Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder have also been recovered from the accident site.

A native of Ponnukkara in Kerala's Thrissur district, Indian Air Force's junior warrant officer Pradeep Arakkal lost his life in the Mi-17V5 chopper crash near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday (December 8). CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 10 others too died in this tragic incident.

Singh informed Parliament that the Indian Air Force has initiated a tri-service investigation into the military helicopter accident, which would be conducted by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh.

On Wednesday (December 8), India lost one of its most decorated officers, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, in an IAF chopper crash near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.

This was not the first time this year that a military aircraft has gone down in India.Let's take a look at some incidents that occurred earlier this year.

On Wednesday (December 8) news of an IAF Mi-17V5 chopper crash near Tamil Nadu's Coonoor with CDS General Bipin Rawat onboard along with 13 others shook the nation.

On Wednesday (December 8) an IAF helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on board crashed near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, bringing back memories of an incident he survived back in 2015 in Nagaland's Dimapur.