A soldier from Andhra Pradesh was among those who were killed with Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in the helicopter crash at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
The Indian Air Force confirmed that Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat was on- board an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter that met with an accident earlier today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will visit the spot in the Nilgiris, Coonoor where a Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others crashed on Wednesday.
The new Durbar Hall inauguration event at Maharashtra Raj Bhavan which was to be attended by President Ram Nath Kovind as the chief guest is postponed due to the crash of the military chopper which was carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 other persons, said Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.