Following the crash, the IAF released statements confirming the death of 13 persons on board including CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife.[8][9] As of 21:30 local time, 13 bodies were recovered from the crash site.[10] Group Captain Varun Singh SC, Directing Staff at DSSC, was the sole survivor, and was taken to the military hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, for surgery.[11][12]