Bengaluru: IAF chopper crash which resulted in the death of the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others, was airlifted to the Indian Air Force’s Command Hospital in Bengaluru on Thursday evening for further treatment.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, along with Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot, paid a visit to the hospital to check on him. Hospital sources said that the IAF officer is on life support.

Varun Singh was awarded the Shurya Chakra on Independence Day this year for saving his Light Combat Aircraft during a challenging emergency situation.