Probe into chopper crash may take few more weeks: IAF chief
The Hindu
Says court of inquiry will be a thorough and ‘very fair’ process
The probe into the helicopter crash that killed former Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and 12 others may take a few more weeks and the court of inquiry would be a thorough process, Chief of Air Staff V.R. Chaudhari said on Saturday.
He said that he would not like to pre-empt any of the findings of the court of inquiry since it is a thorough process. “The mandate given to him (Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, the investigating officer) is to investigate every single angle and look into every single aspect of what could have gone wrong and come out with the suitable recommendations and findings,” he said while addressing the media after reviewing the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at the Air Force Academy at Dundigal here.
“I would recommend that I do not make any announcement in haste about what could have been the cause or what are the remedial actions that we are going to institute,” he said. “So, we will just have to wait for a few more weeks till the court of inquiry is completed. Let me assure you that it is a very, very fair process, the entire court of inquiry,” the Air Chief Marshal said, expressing grief over the demise of General Rawat and others.