Samachar App

Two pilots who were involved in the Chhattisgarh chopper crash have died.  Two pilots died after a training helicopter crashed at Raipur airport in Chhattisgarh on Thursday (May 12), PTI reported.  They were admitted to Ramkrishna Hospital, as per ANI report.  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel condoled the deaths and tweeted, “Just got sad news about the state helicopter crashing at the Raipur airport. In this tragic accident, both our pilots Captain Panda and Captain Srivastava sadly passed away. May God give strength to their family members and peace to the departed soul in this time of grief." अभी रायपुर में एयरपोर्ट पर स्टेट हेलीकॉप्टर के क्रैश होने की दुखद सूचना मिली. इस दुखद हादसे में हमारे दोनों पायलट कैप्टन पंडा और कैप्टन श्रीवास्तव का दुखद निधन हो गया है। इस दुःख की घड़ी में ईश्वर उनके परिवारजनों को संबल एवं दिवंगत आत्मा को शांति प्रदान करे। ॐ शांति: — Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) May 12, 2022 Further details awaited. News is originally tak...

IAF Group Captain Varun Singh's father, Colonel (retd.) KP Singh, was an Army personnel from the regiment of Army Air Defence (AAD). His brother, Lieutenant Commander Tanuj Singh, is an officer in the Indian Navy. Gallantry award winner Group Captain Varun Singh, the sole survivor of the  IAF helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday, comes from a family of defence personnel spanning across the three services. While Group Captain Varun Singh is from the Indian Air Force (IAF), his father, Colonel (retd.) KP Singh, was an Army personnel from the regiment of Army Air Defence (AAD). Colonel KP Singh’s son and Group Captain Varun Singh’s brother, Lieutenant Commander Tanuj Singh, is an officer in the Indian Navy. Group Captain Varun Singh is a recipient of the Shaurya Chakra which he was conferred on Independence Day earlier this year. He was earlier a test pilot with the IAF in Bangaluru. The officer had saved his Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighter aircraft, wi...