India's first CDS, General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others lost their lives in the tragic military chopper crash on Wednesday in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
There have been many such disastrous planes crashes in India which led to the demise of a huge number of people including many reputed and famous personalities of the country such as Militants and politicians.
On talking about the history of air crashes in India, there is a huge list of accidents related to air crash that has occurred in different areas of the country at different times. All these plane crashes have resulted in great loss of life bringing grief to the family members of the one who dies. Such tragic crashes often lead to death and if fortunately, someone survives they experience severe injuries.
• MiG-21 fighter jet in Moga, Punjab in the month of May 2021 which killed Abhinav Chaudhary, pilot of the Indian Air force.
• Mi-17V5 helicopter in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019 leading to the injuries of 6 Indian Air force soldiers.
• Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed in the location of scared place Kedarnath in Uttarakhand in April 2018. In this IAF air crash, 6 crew members on boars somehow saved their life.
• ALH Dhruv helicopter in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh during October month in 2014. This air crash is regarded as one of the worst with the killing of 7 officials of IAF and 3 other officers.
Some of the Air crashes where famous personalities lost their lives:
• On 30 April 2011 a plane crashed in Sela pass, China's border where Dorjee Kandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh lost his life.
• Bell 430 helicopter of Andhra Pradesh CM, YS Rajasekhara Reddy was crashed in Chittoor in September 2008 from where he was brought dead.
• OP Jindal and Surendra Singh who served as the Ministers of Haryana died in a plane crash on 31 march 2005 that occurred in Saharanpur, UP.
• Sanjay Gandhi who was the Younger son of Indhira Gandhi died in a plane crash on 23 June 1980 after he left Safdarjung airport in Delhi.
• Former speaker of Lok Sabha, GMC Balayogi lost his life in a tragic air crash that took place in March 2002 in Andhra Pradesh.
• Madhavrao Scindia who was the royal scion of the Scindia dynasty from MP died in an air crash in Kanpur, UP that took place on 30 September in the year 2001.
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