Group Captain Varun Singh, the sole survivor of the fateful Mi-17 helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu last week, passed away this morning after battling injuries.
“IAF is deeply saddened to inform the passing away of braveheart Group Captain Varun Singh, who succumbed this morning to the injuries sustained in the helicopter accident on 08 Dec 21. IAF offers sincere condolences and stands firmly with the bereaved family,” read the statement issued by the Air Force.
Group Captain Varun Singh was pulled out of the wreckage of Mi-17 helicopter last Wednesday, the only survivor of the tragic crash in which General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 others lost their lives. A pilot in LCA squadron and a decorated officer, Group Captain Singh was on board the Russian-made chopper as the liaison officer for the visit of General Rawat to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington.
He was receiving treatment at Command Hospital in Bengaluru. Official sources in Coimbatore had earlier said that his condition was critical but stable and Singh had undergone three operations so far. He had suffered 45 per cent burn injuries.
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