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Chopper crash: Mortal remains of 4 IAF, 2 Army personnel identified

The mortal remains of four Indian Air Force personnel and two Indian Army soldiers who died in the military helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu earlier this week has been completed.Thirteen of the 14 people on board the Mi-17V5 helicopter, including India's first chief of defence staff (CDS), his wife Madhulika Rawat were among those killed after it crashed on December 8.Earlier, the bodies of General Rawat his wife and his defence assistant Brigadier LS Lidder, whose bodies were positively identified, were cremated with full military honours in the Brar Square crematorium in the national capital on Friday.The Indian Army said that Lance Naik Vivek Kumar and Lance Naik B Sai Teja, who lost their lives in a military chopper crash on December 8, have been positively identified.The mortal remains have been released to close family members on Saturday morning, according to the Indian Army."Mortal remains will move by air for last rites with appropriate military honour. The wreath .

All angles being probed in chopper crash that killed Gen Rawat: Report

The tri-services team investigating the tragic chopper crash near Coonoor that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others is focusing on all possible reasons

Video showing final moments of helicopter carrying CDS Rawat surfaces

A video of the IAF's Mi-17V5 helicopter flying over Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu has surfaced that seemingly shows the final moments of the chopper before it crashed claiming the lives of 13

Mortal remains of Gen Bipin Rawat, others taken to Sulur air force station

The bodies of 13 people including CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife,11 armed personnel who were killed in a helicopter crash at Kateri park have been shifted from MRC to Sulur Airforce station.

IAF officer who survived chopper crash being shifted to Bengaluru: Father

IAF Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others, is being shifted to Bengaluru

IAF chopper crash: India lost 46 personnel in air accidents in six years

There have been more than 10 incidents every alternate year in five years from 2014-15 to 2018-19, data shows

Boeing has more work to do as it continues to face scrutiny: US FAA chief

FAA chief Steve Dickson told a US congressional panel that Boeing Co has "more work to do" as the planemaker continues to face scrutiny following two fatal 737 MAX crashes

Kozhikode crash report: Grounded in anomalies, say serving pilots

Serving pilots have raised serious doubts about the veracity of the investigation report

Indian Air Force pilot killed as MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashes in Punjab

An Indian Air Force pilot was killed after a MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed in Punjab's Moga district, officials said on Friday

Indonesian navy divers recover 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya plane

Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor have recovered a black box from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board

MiG-29K crash: Parts of aircraft located; one pilot still untraceable

Search and rescue teams of the Indian Navy located the turbo charger, fuel tank and some other parts of the MiG-29K fighter aircraft, but one of the two pilots remained untraceable

Expert who probed Mangalore crash lists likely reasons for Kozhikode mishap

Bhushan Gokhale said that the inquiry panel will also look into why pilots had to take the decision to land compulsorily in Kozhikode if visibility was a problem there

In the backdrop of Kozhikode crash, Patna airport cries for attention

60 people were killed when a Delhi-bound Boeing 737 from Kolkata ploughed through a residential locality in Patna

Pak air crash: Airbus experts begin probe, inspect runway, traffic control

The team of experts from an Airbus facility in the French city of Toulouse reached Pakistan on Monday to carry out an independent probe into Friday's mishap

Taiwan's top military officer, along with 7 others, killed in chopper crash

Chief of general staff General Shen Yi-ming was killed after the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crashed in mountains near Taipei, according to defence ministry spokesman Shih Shun-wen

Global air crash deaths fell 50% to 257 in 2019 from 534 in 2018: Report

Last year may have seen fewer deaths but did not equal the historic low of 2017, which saw only two fatal accidents, involving regional turboprops, that resulted in the loss of 13 lives.

69 hours of flight data recovered from crashed Lion Air recorder: Indonesia

More than 100 body bags of human remains had been recovered after the crash