Tri-Services probe blames the weather and rules out sabotage in CDS Gen Rawat's chopper crash

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A tri-services Court of Inquiry(CoI) into the December 8, 2021   helicopter crash which killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 other person on board , has attributed the crash to an unexpected change in weather, resulting in pilot disorientation and the helicopter hitting a surface. This is the main preliminary finding of the CoI which ruled out mechanical failure, sabotage, and negligence.

The court of inquiry was led by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh.

For more details on the CDS Bipin Rawat’s Chopper crash kindly see the posts on 09th and 10th December, 2021.