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Bodies of Uttarakhand chopper crash victims recovered

  •   Wed, Jun 26 2013 11:48:45 AM

New Delhi, Jun 26 (IANS): The dead bodies of all those killed in the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash in Uttarakhand Tuesday have been recovered, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne said Wednesday.

Browne, who reached Gauchar in Uttarakhand Wednesday morning to boost the morale of IAF personnel, said: "All the 20 bodies have been recovered and the cockpit voice recorder of the aircraft has also been found."

The air chief marshal will also do an aerial survey of the chopper crash site.

"We will be able to ascertain the reason of the crash only after analysing the cockpit voice recorder that has been recovered," he added.

Browne also said that the rescue operations would be wrapped up within two-three days after the weather clears up.

The air chief marshal also offered condolence on the death of the personnel belonging to IAF, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) who died in the Mi-17 V5 helicopter crash.

The crash claimed the lives of nine personnel of NDRF, six of the ITBP and five of the Indian Air Force.
  

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  • anumoy banerjee, ashoknagar,24 pgs(n), westbengal

    Wed, Jun 26 2013

    My salutation for those real life heros who contribute there life for others. Being a cevilion we may never understand the sentiment works behind this, but I feel proud today to say that I am a friend & was also coliague of one real life hero, flying officer Tapan Kapoor.
    May god peace their soul.

    JAI HIND.

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