The black box from the Mi-17V5 helicopter was recovered from Thursday and will shed light on the tragic accident which killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on Wednesday afternoon.
Please click on the images to view glimpses of the salvage operations at the accident site and thereafter.
IMAGE: IAF personnel transport the black box salvaged from the accident site in the forest near Coonoor on Thursday. All photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Every part of the equipment salvaged from the remanants of the Mi-17V5 helicopter will be carefully examined to find out what went wrong in the final moments of the flight from the Sulur air base in Coimbatore to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington near Coonoor where General Rawat was headed.
IMAGE: The black box, which is really orange in colour, comprises the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter.
While the CVR will provide details about the communication between the pilots and the air traffic control, the FDR will provide information like altitude, speed and other technical data of the helicopter.
IMAGE: Defence officers queue to pay their last respects to the mortal remains of General Rawat, his wife Mrs Madhulika Rawat and other defence officers who died in the helicopter tragedy at the Madras Regimental Centre in Wellington on Thursday.
IMAGE: People shower flower petals on the ambulances carrying the mortal remains of General Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and other officers as they make their way to the Indian Air Force's Sulur airbase from the Madras Regimental Centre in Wellington.
IMAGE: One of the ambulances met with an accident while on its way to the Sulur air force station.
IMAGE: Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar, chief of the naval staff, pays tribute to General Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and other armed forces personnel at the Palam airbase in New Delhi on Thursday.
IMAGE: Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, chief of the air staff, pays homage to tribute.
IMAGE: General Manoj Mukund Naravane, chief of the army staff, pays tribute.
Photographs curated by Anant Salvi/Rediff.com
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