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Gen Rawat's Chopper Crash: Pilot Error In Cloudy Weather, Say Sources

NDTV | 05/01/2022 05:04 PM | Click to read full article

Pilot error was the likely cause for the chopper crash that led to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat's death last month, sources said Wednesday afternoon.

The Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying armed forces personnel - from the Sulur Air Force base in Coimbatore to the Defence Staff Services Colleges in Wellington - crashed after a Controlled Flight Into Terrain, occurrence.

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