Black Box of chopper recovered

December 09, 2021 11:03

Some of the critical equipment recovered from the chopper crash site today

Updates: -- Critical equipment, including the Black Box of the IAF Mi-17 that crashed near Coonoor near Tamil Nadu recovered by Air Force officials from the spot. The Flight Data Recorder, also called the Black Box (in fact it is coloured orange) and Cockpit Voice Recorder have been retrieved.

-- Bodies of those who died in the military chopper crash yesterday have been brought to Madras Regimental Centre from Military Hospital, Wellington in Nilgiris district.

-- The black box would provide crucial data on the chain of events leading to the tragedy on the hills on Wednesday when the 63-year old Rawat, the country's first CDS, his wife and 11 others were killed when the Mi-17VH helicopter they were travelling in crashed and went up in flames, leaving only one survivor.

Rawat was on his way to the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington to address the faculty and student officers of the staff course when the fatal mishap happened in the Katteri-Nanchappanchathram area.

13 people have died in the horrific chopper crash.

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