IAF Mi-17 helicopter crash, Group Captain Varun Singh shifted to Bengaluru
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament this morning that Group Captain Singh is on life support and "all efforts are being made to save him".
Bengaluru: Lone survivor of ill-fated IAF Mi-17 helicopter which crashed at Coonoor in Nilgiris, Group Captain Varun Singh has been airlifted to Command hospital to Bengaluru from Wellington military hospital.
In a tragic incident, Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 defence personal were killed.
Group Captain Varun Singh survived with severe burn injuries and in life support system has shifted to Command hospital in Bengaluru.
An ambulance took Group Captain Singh from a military hospital in Wellington to the Sulur Air Base, from where he was airlifted to Bengaluru. He will be treated at the Command Hospital in Bengaluru.
Group Captain Singh was taken from the crash site to the military hospital in Wellington with severe burn injuries. His father, Colonel KP Singh (retired), had said that he would be shifted to Bengaluru.
"He is being shifted to Bengaluru. I have reached Wellington," Col Singh was quoted as saying by PTI.
On his son's condition, he said: "I can't say anything about that...I am not sure."
"He is critical but stable at the moment," officials had said.
Group Captain Singh's parents Col KP Singh and Uma Singh were in Mumbai at the home of their younger son Tanuj, a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, when they received news of the crash.
The Air Force officer won the Shaurya Chakra in August for his courage in handling his aircraft after it was hit by a snag during a sortie last year. He managed to land his Tejas fighter safely.
