Head of Indian Armed Forces dies due to bad weather

A Mi-17V5 helicopter on its way to the Wellington military academy crashed in the mountains near the town of Coonur last December.

The crash killed 63-year-old General Bipin Rawat, head of the Indian armed forces, and his wife, as well as 11 other people, and the only survivor died in the hospital.

– for bad weather. The car flew into the cloud, and the pilot lost his bearings. The helicopter crashed into a hillside and caught fire.

Flight data, cockpit recordings were found and studied, and witnesses were interviewed. The option of a terrorist attack is ruled out.