The Indian Air Force (IAF) said on Friday that Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat's chopper had crashed due to "unexpected change in weather conditions" leading to "spatial disorientation of the pilot".

General Bipin Rawat copter crash: What is Controlled Flight into Terrain?

The top Indian Army official representing the five southern Indian states visited Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiri district to personally thank and felicitate the first responders, government machinery, and locals who risked life and limb to conduct search and rescue operations at the Mi-17 V5 Chopper crash site.

'You are the living gods': Indian Army thanks first responders at CDS chopper crash site

India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife, Madhulika Rawat, who were among 13 people killed in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, will be cremated today at the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment.

CDS Bipin Rawat's funeral: Last rites of the General and his wife to be held at Delhi Cantonment crematorium

Tamil Nadu's oldest, most-popular, and most crowded tourist hill station - the Nilgiris district is wearing a gloomy look on Friday. Shops, hotels, commercial establishments and non-essential services at the hill station are observing a day-long self-imposed shutdown to mourn the loss of India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, his wife and other defence personnel who lost their lives in a fatal helicopter crash nearly 48 hours ago.

Indian hill city where General Bipin Rawat's chopper crashed mourns, enters voluntary shutdown to pay homage

India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 others died on Wednesday after their helicopter crashed in Coonoor in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Tributes pour in for Gen Bipin Rawat: US defence secretary, UN chief extend their condolences

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh issued statement in Indian Parliament on the helicopter crash that took lives of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and colleagues on Wednesday.

Rajnath Singh briefs Indian Parliament over helicopter crash that killed CDS Bipin Rawat