Tri-services inquiry report on CDS chopper crash likely to be submitted tomorrow

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Wreckage of the helicopter that crashed killing General Bipin Rawat and 13 others.
Wreckage of the helicopter that crashed killing General Bipin Rawat and 13 others.

 

New Delhi

The tri-services inquiry team formed to probe the December 8 chopper crash in which 14 people including Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 12 others lost their lives, is expected to submit their report to the government on Friday.
"The inquiry report is expected to be submitted to the government by December 31. The detailed report has been prepared on the ground by the officials and thorough analysis of the data received from the black box," government sources said.
The probe team is headed by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh and includes two Brigadier-rank officers from the Army and Navy.
 
The sources said the initial investigations into the case suggested that the accident was sudden.
 
Investigators also sought the help of the original equipment manufacturers for the probe into the crash in which the country lost its seniormost military officer and longest-serving General.
 
Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 12 other military officials were traveling in the Mi-17V5 helicopter which crashed minutes before landing at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington killing 13 passengers and crew on board on December 8.
 
Group Captain Varun Gupta, the lone survivor of the crash, died a week later on December 15.