In photos: General Bipin Rawat helicopter crash tragedy

Bodies of those who died in the military chopper crash brought to Madras Regimental Centre from Military Hospital in Nilgiris district on Thursday. (Photo: TNN)

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin pays floral tribute to CDS Bipin Rawat at Madras Regimental Centre. (Photo: ANI)

All bodies will be brought to Delhi by Thursday evening, Rajnath Singh said while addressing the Parliament. (Photo: TNN)

Last rites of late CDS Bipin Rawat to be performed in full military honour, Rajnath Singh added. (Photo: TNN)

Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi paid his tribute to late CDS Gen Bipin Rawat at Bharathidasan University in Trichy. (Photo: TNN)

The IAF helicopter was on its way from an Air Force base when it crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. (Photo: TNN)

The chopper crashed in a gorge close to a small habitat in a tea estate near Kattery, around seven kilometers away from Coonoor. (Photo: ANI)

Group Captain Varun Singh, directing staff at DSSC, was the sole survivor and is receiving medical treatment at a military hospital. (Photo: ANI)

The IAF has ordered an inquiry to ascertain the cause of the crash. (Photo: AFP)

Official sources cited poor visibility due to heavy fog as the likely reason behind the crash. (Photo: ANI)

Black box of General Rawat's chopper has been recovered from crash site (Photo: Reuters)

Child priests pay homage by lighting candles to those killed in an IAF chopper crash in Patna on Wednesday. (Photo: TNN)