Army helicopter crashed near Coonoor in Nilgiris district and burst into flames on the kattery hill road. It is said that the helicopter crash happened due to heavy fog and has caused an accident.
A helicopter belonging to the Indian Army crashed in a mountainous area called Kattery, near Coonoor in the Nilgiri district, while heading towards Wellington from Sulur airbase. Chief of Defence Staff of India Bipin Rawat was reportedly travelling in the Russian-made Mi-17 V5 chopper.
For a major meeting, 15 senior army officers were travelling from Sulur and headed for Wellington. At that time, due to heavy fog and bad weather, the helicopter crashed and got fire. As per the information received so far, five bodies have been recovered in a fire-charred condition.
