China News Service, December 9th. According to the “Times of India” report, on the 8th local time, a helicopter carrying Indian Defense Chief of Staff Biping Rawat and other military officers crashed. The accident caused the incident including the Rawat couple. Thirteen people were killed and one was injured.
At present, officials have not announced the cause of the crash. Some experts analyzed that the cause of the crash may be low visibility in foggy weather and low possibility of technical failure.
On December 8, local time, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, an Indian military helicopter crashed.
The accident resulted in the death of 13 people, including the Chief of Staff of India’s Defense.
The picture shows a man standing next to the burning wreckage of the aircraft.
The Times of India quoted an aviation expert as saying that foggy weather and low visibility may be the cause of the crash of the Mi-17 helicopter, and the possibility of technical failure is very small, because this is a plan with VIP passengers. flight.
An expert said, "This helicopter can fly in bad weather, but because the ground is hilly, it seems to have fallen from a low altitude."
The report pointed out that at around 11:30 a.m. local time on the 8th, due to fog or low clouds over the crashed area, visibility may have dropped significantly.
Meteorological personnel said that light to moderate rain had been predicted in mountainous areas, but it was difficult to predict whether the valleys and hills were foggy because satellites and radar could not capture them.
Officials of the Indian Meteorological Department said that during the visit to Wellington in the Nirgis area, the Chief of Staff and others were not asked to provide local weather conditions, and the Indian Air Force had its own facilities to track the weather.
It was previously reported that on the 8th local time, Indian Chief of Staff Biping Rawat took a helicopter to the National Defense Service College in Wellington, Nirgis District, but it crashed in Kunur District, Tamil Nadu.
The accident killed 13 people, including Bipin Lavat and his wife.
Biping Rawat became the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army in December 2016 and stepped down on December 31, 2019.
On August 15, 2019, India’s Independence Day, Modi announced the creation of the post of Chief of Staff of India’s Defense.
On January 1, 2020, Biping Rawat officially became India's first chief of defense staff.
Some Indian military officials pointed out that because the Mi-17 helicopter is considered to be a very stable helicopter, it is often used by high-level personnel to travel.