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No technical snag or sabotage, bad weather identified as prime reason

No technical snag or sabotage and bad weather leading to a phenomenon called Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) is believed to have been identified as the prime reason for the crash of the IAF helicopter near Coonoor that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.

The CFIT refers to a phenomenon when an aircraft under control is piloted onto the ground, water or other terrain largely due to bad weather or pilot error.