Message From IAF
IAF is deeply saddened to inform the passing away of braveheart Group Captain Varun Singh, who succumbed this morning to the injuries sustained in the helicopter accident on 08 Dec 21. IAF offers sincere condolences and stands firmly with the bereaved family.*
Same Helicopter crash happened in 2020.
General Shen Yi-ming
In early January 2020, Taiwan's chief of general staff general Shen Yi-ming and seven others were killed when the helicopter they were on crashed in mountains near Taipei. Shen was the senior-most official in the Taiwanese military and a key figure in its air force.
Update - 9 Dec 2021
A search team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has retrieved the black box of the ill-fated M 17 helicopter that crashed near Coonoor in Ooty
What is Black Box?
A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents. Flight recorders are also known by the misnomer black box—they are, in fact, painted bright orange in color to aid in their recovery after accidents. Souce- Wikipedia.
The 'black box' or, more properly, the flight data recorder, is a vital electronic device that records 88 vital parameters about a flight, including airspeed, altitude, cockpit conversations, and air pressure. In the event of a mishap, the black box holds important clues as to its occurrence
Key Features
1) It Holds 88 vital parameters about a flight, including airspeed, altitude, cockpit conversations, and air pressure
2)Black Mox Required More than 1000°C Temp to burn.
3)Painted bright orange in color to aid in their recovery after accidents
4)A black box weighs about 10 pounds (4.5 kilos) and contains four main parts: A chassis or interface designed to fix the device and facilitate recording and playback; an underwater locator beacon; the core housing or ‘Crash Survivable Memory Unit’ made of stainless steel or titanium, which in turn contains the finger-nail sized recording chips on circuit boards.
Report from IAF Twitter Handler Official Link
Around noon today, an IAF Mi 17 V5 helicopter with a crew of 4 members carrying the CDS and 9 other passengers met with a tragic accident near Coonoor, TN.
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 8, 2021
😳13 out of 14 Died ,Confirmed by IAF
Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course today.
ðŸ˜Gp Capt Varun Singh SC, Directing Staff at DSSC with injuries is currently under treatment at Military Hospital, Wellington.
Cause of Crash yet to be With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in the unfortunate accident.
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