Coonoor: A major accident took place in Coonoor district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday afternoon. Army’s MI-17VS helicopter (IAF MI-17V5) crashed shortly after takeoff. According to the news, CDS Bipin Rawat was also aboard the helicopter. Apart from this, his wife was also on board the plane. Apart from this, the injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital. According to the latest information, 14 people were on board in which four people have died. However, no statement has come out from the army till now.
After this accident, due to lack of information about CDS Vipin Rawat, there is uneasiness in the country and in his hometown. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will give a statement on this tragic accident in a while.
After this it is discussed in full swing that what is the specialty of the MI-17V5 in which CDS Vipin Rawat was aboard. Let’s know-
Talking about the maximum speed of this helicopter, its speed is 250 km per hour. With this it is capable of flying up to a maximum altitude of 6000 meters. It can cover a distance of 580 km in one go.
– The MI-17V5 is armed in many ways. In terms of weapons, it has Shatram-5 missiles, S-8 rockets, a 23 mm machine gun, PKT machine guns along with 8 firing posts.
This helicopter has such a technology that it can easily show its wonders even at night.
This helicopter is considered one of the most modern helicopters. It is also considered very important from the point of view of security.
This helicopter can also be deployed in army and arms transport. Mi-17V5 helicopters are also used in operations, patrolling, relief and rescue operations.
Let us tell you that this is the same aircraft of the Air Force which was also used as a commando operation during the 26/11 attack.
Apart from this, MI-17V5 was the only aircraft that destroyed the Pakistani launch pad and carried out a major operation like surgical strike.
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