CDS Bipin Rawat chopper crash: Those on board screamed 'bachalo, bachalo' with folded hands, claims witness

CDS Gen Bipin Rawat's chopper crash: A witness said the people on board the helicopter were screaming for help after it crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday. "They said 'bachalo, bachalo' with folded hands...," the witness said.

A witness to the Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crash, in which CDS General Bipin Rawat and 12 others died on Wednesday, said the people on board the helicopter were screaming for help after it crashed into the forest in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor.

She said the IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter was gutted in fire and people flying on it were burnt.