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The Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft carrying mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel, who passed away in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, reached the Palam Airbase in Delhi on Thursday evening from Sulur.
People of Jammu and Kashmir s Baramulla have lost more than anyone else in Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat s death as he had a close connection with them, said General Officer Commanding of the Army s Chinar Corps, Lieutenant General DP Pandey on Thursday.
Informing about the timeline of the fatal crash, the Defence Minister said that the IAF chopper lost contact with the Sulur base control room at around 12.08 pm after it took off at 11.48 am.