Identifying Bodies Difficult Due To Severity Of Chopper Crash: Sources

Close family members of all those who died are arriving in Delhi where they will be asked to identify the remains.

A day after Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others were killed in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Air Force said identifying all bodies was proving to be difficult because of the severity of the crash.

"The severity of the air crash has led to difficulty in positive identification of mortal remains. All possible measures are being taken for positive identification considering the sensitivities and emotional well-being of the loved ones," said government sources.

Only four bodies, including those of General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, his Defence Adviser Brigadier LS Lidder, have been positively identified, they said.

Close family members of all those who died are arriving in Delhi where they will be asked to identify the remains.