New Delhi: The high-level tri-service inquiry into the Mi-17V5 helicopter crash that killed General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on Wednesday has begun under a three-star officer, with technical defect or human error being the main focus and the possibility of sabotage being considered extremely remote.
Even as the crucial flight data recorder (black box) was recovered from the wreckage near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, defence minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament on Thursday that the ill-fated chopper was just seven minutes from its scheduled landing at Wellington.
“The helicopter took off from Sulur airbase at 11.48am on Wednesday and was expected to land at Wellington by 12.15pm. Air Traffic Control at Sulur air base lost contact...at approximately 12.08pm,” Singh said.
Probe to find out what happened in last minutes
What happened during those crucial minutes will also be examined by the tri-Service inquiry led by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, who heads the IAF Training Command, to ascertain whether it was a technical defect or human error, and if was caused or compounded by a sudden weather-related problem in the hilly Nilgiris terrain.
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