Last respects: Family members at the funeral of Captain Vijaychand Katoch, who was killed in a Pawan Hans chopper crash, at Vile Parle on Tuesday. more-inMumbai: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Tuesday announced a high-level independent investigation into Saturday’s Pawan Hans chopper crash. Shashi Shanker, CMD, ONGC, said no compensation could substitute such a tragic loss. The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, which have been recovered by the ICG, have been handed over to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board. “The blood samples of the family of the missing person have been collected for DNA sampling,” the doctor said.

Source: The Hindu January 16, 2018 18:45 UTC