Chopper crash: tourists give video clip to police officials in Coimbatore

Two tourists, who were present at Kattery near Coonoor on December 8 when the helicopter crash that killed Chief of the Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others occurred, visited the Office of

Two tourists, who were present at Kattery near Coonoor on December 8 when the helicopter crash that killed Chief of the Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others occurred, visited the Office of the Commissioner of Police here on Friday claiming to have filmed the final moment of the ill-fated chopper.

Y. Joe along with his friend H. Nazar, both residents of Coimbatore, told mediapersons that they visited the Commissioner's office to furnish details regarding the video clip available to the police. Mr. Joe said that he accompanied the family members of Mr. Nazar to a trip to the Nilgiris on the morning of November 8. At around noon, they were near the Nilgiri Mountain Railway track at Kattery as Mr. Joe were taking photographs of others.

“While taking photographs, we saw a helicopter flying in the area. As it looked and sounded different, I started to record the video on my phone,” Mr. Joe claimed, adding that the time was 12.14 p.m. when he recorded. Moments later, the chopper disappeared into the mist and all of them heard a loud crash, he added.