The crash took place in the Nilgiris, shortly after the Mi-series chopper took off from the army base217
Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat died today after an Air Force helicopter carrying him and 13 others crashed shortly after take-off in Tamil Nadu.
General Rawat’s wife Madhulika Rawat was killed.
The crash took place shortly after the Russian-made Mi-17 V5 chopper took off from the Air Force base in Sulur, Coimbatore, for Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills.