The Helicopter crash in which Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others were killed was caused by bad weather, sources told The Indian Express, even as the IAF top brass on Wednesday briefed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on findings of the probe into the December 8 incident.
According to the sources, the probe has ruled out human error or technical snag as well as sabotage as possible causes.
Although there is no official word yet on the probe findings, the sources said the investigation found that the Mi-17v5 helicopter carrying General Rawat and others encountered sudden bad weather, which could have resulted in it hitting a surface before crashing in a forest near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
