<span style="color: #222222;">Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari and a team of top ranking defence and state officials visited the helicopter crash site near Coonoor in Nilgiris District to assess the situation. A forensic team also reached the spot to collect evidences. The entire area of the crash site has been cordoned off to enable the official teams to gather pieces of the crashed helicopter including the black box.<br />''<br />''The mortal remains of the Chief of Defence staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and the others were taken from the Medical Hospital in flower-decked military vehicles to the grounds of the Madras Regimental Centre at Wellington. The coffin wrapped in the national flag was carried by military officials after a ceremonial formality.  Ministers, officials and dignitaries are paying their respects and floral tributes to all those who were killed in the crash. A pall of gloom has descended on the place as the tributes are being paid.<br />''<br />''The condition of the Group Captain Varun who is undergoing treatment for 80 per cent injuries at the Military Hospital is said to be critical but stable.</span><br />