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Tri-service probe into chopper crash, Group Captain on life support: Govt

The Indian Air Force has ordered a tri-service inquiry into the crash that killed General Bipin Rawat.

Rescue teams at the place where an IAF helicopter crashed in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on December 8, 2021. General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 others were killed in the crash. (PTI Photo)
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Rescue teams at the place where an IAF helicopter crashed in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on December 8, 2021. General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 others were killed in the crash. (PTI Photo)

BS Web Team New Delhi
Group Captain Varun Singh is on life support and "all efforts" are being being made to save him, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament on Thursday, referring to the Air Force officer who survived in the chopper crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat.

The Indian Air Force has ordered a tri-service inquiry into the crash. The inquiry team led by led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh reached Wellington yesterday, Singh said in Lok Sabha.

The Russian-made Mi-17 V5 helicopter carrying Rawat, 63, crashed around noon Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said in a statement on Twitter