Bodies of servicemen killed in helicopter crash at Delhi’s Palam Airbase
New Delhi:
The bodies of General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 people killed in yesterday’s helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiri Hills have reached Delhi’s Palam Air Base. President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at Palam Air Base, where the C130-J Super Hercules transport plane carrying the bodies crashed.
So far, only 3 of the 13 people killed in the horrific crash have been identified – General Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and Brigadier General LS Lidder.
The other 10 people who died in the crash were:
The bodies will be handed over to the family for final rites.
The site of the plane crash in Niligiri Hills is located in a densely forested area, making access to the wreckage a difficult proposition. Images showed debris strewn across hillsides and rescuers at work, struggling through thick smoke and flames.
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