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A 25-member special team of the Air Force led by Wing Commander R. Bhardwaj recovered the black box.
Krishnaswamy of Nanjappasathram village, was the sole eyewitness of the helicopter crash in Coonoor, near Ooty, that claimed the lives of the Chief of the Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 Defence personnel.
CDS Rawat, his wife and 11 defence personnel onboard died in the accident.
Manufactured by Russian Helicopters' subsidiary Kazan, the helicopter has an onboard weather radar and is equipped with the latest generation of night vision devices.
A timeline of what happened to the IAF helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and others that crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu
Gen Rawat, then a lieutenant general, two pilots and a Colonel survived the crash, which happened due to engine failure.
Gen Bipin Rawat was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills).
The chopper, with a total of 14 persons on board, took off from the Sulur air base near Coimbatore and was on its way to Coonoor.
An official said, technical snag or weather could have been the factor due to which crash happened.
Describing the mission as a 'major milestone' in the development of BrahMos, the sources said that the air version of the missile was test-fired from supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I at 10.30 am.