What is 2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash?
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence | name = 2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash |image = Afghan Mi-17 (alternate).jpg |image_upright = 1.1591 | caption = An [[Afghan Air Force]] [[Mi-17]], similar to the crashed one. | alt = | date = {{start date|2021|12|08|df=y}} | summary = | occurrence_type = Crash | site = [[Coonoor]], [[Tamil Nadu]] | origin = | destination = | passengers = 14 | crew = | fatalities = | survivors = | missing = | aircraft_type = [[Mi-17]] | operator = [[Indian Air Force]] | tail_number = }} On 8 December 2021, an [[Indian Air Force Mi-17]] [[helicopter]] crashed in [[Coonoor]], [[Tamil Nadu]], at 1220 hours IST. The Chief of Defence Staff General [[Bipin Rawat]] and 13 others, including his wife and other family members were onboard the helicopter. As of 1630 hours IST, 11 bodies were recovered from the crash site.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/army-chopper-crash-tamil-nadu-coonoor-1885464-2021-12-08 | title=CDS General Bipin Rawat's chopper crashes in Tamil Nadu }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash, 2021}} [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Asia]] [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2021]] [[Category:December 2021 events]] [[Category:History of Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:2021 disasters in India]]