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  • IAF officer critical but stable, say reports
  • Coonoor helicopter crash claimed 13 lives

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Coonoor helicopter crash: lone survivor Group Captain Varun Singh shifted to Bengaluru hospital

Coonoor helicopter crash: lone survivor Group Captain Varun Singh shifted to Bengaluru Group Captain Varun Singh had earlier survived a life-threatening emergency.

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Coonoor helicopter crash: lone survivor Group Captain Varun Singh shifted to Bengaluru hospital

Indian Air Force’s Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the Coonoor military chopper crash, has been shifted to Command Hospital, Bengaluru for further treatment.

Reports said his condition is said to be critical but stable and Singh had undergone three operations so far in Wellington hospital in Tamil Nadu.

Group Captain Varun Singh had earlier survived a life-threatening emergency while flying a Tejas aircraft during a test sortie last year. For his bravery, he was awarded the Shaurya Chakra this year.

Read also: Group Captain Varun Singh: Shaurya Chakra recipient who survived Coonoor helicopter crash

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told Parliament that a tri-services inquiry led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh has started investigation into the helicopter crash that killed India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others.

Singh said in a statement in the Lok Sabha that all efforts were being made to save Group Captain Varun Singh, who was on life support.

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Group Captain Varun Singh is the lone survivor of the Coonoor military helicopter crash and an Indian Air Force officer who was awarded the Shaurya Chakra for his bravery.

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