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General Rawat’s body will reach Delhi today, PM will pay tribute: 10 points

December 9, 2021
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Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crash: All 13 dead bodies are being brought back to Delhi by Air Force aircraft. (file)

New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the tribute as Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiri Hills yesterday, Palam Air Force in Delhi tonight reached the station.

Here are the 10 biggest points of this story:

  1. Prime Minister, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will be at Palam base to receive the mortal remains. According to news agency ANI, the C130-J Super Hercules transport aircraft carrying the bodies is expected to land after 8 pm.

  2. PM Modi is likely to arrive an hour later. ANI said that some families of the IAF personnel killed in the accident will also be present.

  3. earlier today One of the vehicles carrying 13 dead bodies had a minor accident Near Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The vehicles were carrying the bodies to the Sulur air base in Coimbatore from where they would be taken to Delhi.

  4. In visuals shared by ANI, a large crowd of locals had gathered to welcome the convoy as it reached the Sulur base. People were seen shoutingLong live Mother India‘ And raining on the road with flower petals As soon as the vehicle coil turned into the base compound.

  5. Along with this, the ‘black box’ or flight data recorder of the crashed helicopter was also recovered today. The data will be examined as part of High-level, tri-services inquiry ordered by Air Force, The investigation will be headed by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, Mr Singh told Parliament.

  6. Group Captain Singh – the sole survivor – was undergoing treatment at the Military Hospital in Wellington. doing that Air Force Command Hospital in Bangalore, The condition of Group Captain Singh is stable, but his condition remains critical, officials said.

  7. General Bipin Rawat to be India’s first Chief of Defense Staff Funeral with full military honors on Friday, as all those who died. The mortal remains of General Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be taken to the Army Hospital in Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan this evening.

  8. condolence message USA, China, Nepal, UK, Russia, Australia, France, Israel and Japan. President Ram Nath Kovind said “The country has lost one of its brave sons.“And Prime Minister Narendra Modi told General Rawat”excellent soldierDefense Minister Rajnath Singh described his death as an irreparable loss.

  9. Mi-17V5 Air Force helicopter – described as “air force worker“And widely seen as a stationary aircraft, it crashed after take-off from Sulur carrying General Rawat. The General was on his way to the Defense Staff Services College in Wellington. Group Captain Singh to receive General Rawat Went from Wellington to Sulur.

  10. Unverified footage emerged this morning of a helicopter flying over the area, The clip shared by ANI shows the plane flying downwards and disappearing into the mist. One eyewitness asks, “Did it crash?”, to which another says “yes”. The helicopter took off at 11.48 am and was reported missing at 12.08 pm.

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