Dec 20, 2024 04:48 AM IST
The Mi-17 V5 helicopter crash killed Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and several armed forces personnel en route to Coonoor, Tamil Nadu in 2021.
New Delhi: The Mi-17V5 crash in which India’s first chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat was killed along with 13 others three years ago took place because of human error, according to data published in the latest report of the Parliamentary standing committee on defence.
To be sure, the Indian Air Force revealed in January 2022 that the crash took place due to spatial disorientation of the pilot in bad weather, then its first official…