The Indian Army Wives Agitation Group said in the letter that 31 military pilots had died, not by fighting the enemy, but in accidents involving the Cheetah and Chetak helicopters since 2017.
Eight people were on board a United Nations helicopter that crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo said.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his family members and staff were in the army chopper that crashed between Coimbatore and Sulur in Tamil Nadu this afternoon.
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