INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
UDHAGAMANDALAM: President Droupadi Murmus check out to the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) at Wellington in Nilgiris district of Tamil
Nadu was cancelled on Sunday due to misty conditions
She was to board an IAF chopper from Coimbatore to land at the helipad at DSSC.As per the schedule, the President was to reach Wellington
around 10am to attend to officers and workers of the college, and the Madras Regimental Centre
According to defence sources, the mist prevailing in the location caused the visit being cancelled
The President left for Delhi from Coimbatore later on in the day.The first Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Bipin Rawat, his spouse and 12
defence workers were eliminated when their helicopter, flying from Coimbatore to Wellington, crashed into the hillside in misty conditions
A federal government probe had actually concluded that the clouds caused spatial disorientation of the pilot.
