Air Force Chopper Crash

A defective helicopter being airlifted from Uttarakhand's Kedarnath to Gauchar by an Indian Air Force chopper crashed this morning.The helicopter, which belonged to Crystal Aviation, crashed near the Mandakini River in Lincholi.

Air Force's Apache helicopter today made a crash landing in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind. Officials said that the pilot noticed a technical fault in the chopper, and decided to make an emergency landing.

Three people were killed and three others injured after an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Fighter aircraft crashed into a house in a Rajasthan village today, officials have said.

The attack helicopter was struck by the IAF's own surface-to-air missile when the chopper was on its way back to Srinagar on the day Indian and Pakistani air forces were engaged in a dogfight, according to a Court of Inquiry.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is to be briefed by Air Force officials today on the report into Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat's helicopter crash.

The Air Force's inquiry into the chopper crash that killed CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 armed forces personnel is almost complete and will be submitted soon, sources told NDTV Sunday, adding that bad weather was the likely cause.

The Court of Inquiry being conducted by a tri-services inquiry team will be a fair process and mandate given to it is to investigate every single angle of the incident, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari today.

The Indian Air Force officials and Madhya Pradesh ministers on Thursday laid a wreath at Bhopal airport and paid tribute to Group Captain Varun Singh who was the lone survivor of the Tamil Nadu chopper crash and passed away yesterday.

Group Captain Varun Singh, who was rescued after the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on December 8, died today.

Group Captain Varun Singh's medical condition continues to be critical but he is stable, an Indian Air Force official said on Tuesday.

The mobile phone of the man, who had filmed the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, has been sent for forensic examination, the police said today.

The 12-year-old daughter of Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan, who died in the helicopter crash along with General Bipin Rawat and 11 others, said she wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot.

The health condition of Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Varun Singh is "fluctuating", but he will win the battle and come out as he is a "fighter", his father said on Saturday.

Group Captain Varun Singh - the only survivor of the horrific Air Force chopper crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other personnel - remains critical but stable, sources in the Indian Air Force told NDTV.

General Bipin Rawat helicopter crash: Indian Air Force says avoid uninformed speculation, adds probe will be completed expeditiously

A defective helicopter being airlifted from Uttarakhand's Kedarnath to Gauchar by an Indian Air Force chopper crashed this morning.The helicopter, which belonged to Crystal Aviation, crashed near the Mandakini River in Lincholi.

Air Force's Apache helicopter today made a crash landing in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind. Officials said that the pilot noticed a technical fault in the chopper, and decided to make an emergency landing.

Three people were killed and three others injured after an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Fighter aircraft crashed into a house in a Rajasthan village today, officials have said.

The attack helicopter was struck by the IAF's own surface-to-air missile when the chopper was on its way back to Srinagar on the day Indian and Pakistani air forces were engaged in a dogfight, according to a Court of Inquiry.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is to be briefed by Air Force officials today on the report into Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat's helicopter crash.

The Air Force's inquiry into the chopper crash that killed CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 armed forces personnel is almost complete and will be submitted soon, sources told NDTV Sunday, adding that bad weather was the likely cause.

The Court of Inquiry being conducted by a tri-services inquiry team will be a fair process and mandate given to it is to investigate every single angle of the incident, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari today.

The Indian Air Force officials and Madhya Pradesh ministers on Thursday laid a wreath at Bhopal airport and paid tribute to Group Captain Varun Singh who was the lone survivor of the Tamil Nadu chopper crash and passed away yesterday.

Group Captain Varun Singh, who was rescued after the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on December 8, died today.

Group Captain Varun Singh's medical condition continues to be critical but he is stable, an Indian Air Force official said on Tuesday.

The mobile phone of the man, who had filmed the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, has been sent for forensic examination, the police said today.

The 12-year-old daughter of Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan, who died in the helicopter crash along with General Bipin Rawat and 11 others, said she wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot.

The health condition of Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Varun Singh is "fluctuating", but he will win the battle and come out as he is a "fighter", his father said on Saturday.

Group Captain Varun Singh - the only survivor of the horrific Air Force chopper crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other personnel - remains critical but stable, sources in the Indian Air Force told NDTV.

General Bipin Rawat helicopter crash: Indian Air Force says avoid uninformed speculation, adds probe will be completed expeditiously