Air Force Officer's Last Conversation With Family Before Chopper Crash
NDTV
Wing Commander PS Chauhan was the pilot in command of the Mi-17 V5 helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on board
At her home in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, Sushila Chauhan is now recounting every word spoken during her telephonic conversation with her son on Tuesday night.
Little did she know then that this was the last time she was hearing the voice of her son, Wing Commander P S Chauhan.
Hours later, the Air Force officer was killed in the helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu that claimed 13 lives, including those of India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.
He was the pilot in command of the Mi-17 V5 helicopter that crashed shortly after it took off from the Air Force base in Sulur at 11.45 am, Coimbatore, for Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills. He leaves behind his wife, a 12-year-old daughter and a nine-year-old son.
