18 MiGs lost since 2005, says Antony

[Imran Khan]

18 MiGs lost since 2005, says Antony



New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has lost 18 MiG aircraft from its fighter fleet in the last three years. 'A total 18 MiG series fighter aircraft have crashed in the past two years and the current financial year till December 5,' Defence Minister A K Antony told the Lok Sabha.

On the reasons behind the mishaps, he said 'the major causes of these crashes are human error, technical defects and bird hits.'

The IAF investigated every accident through a Court of Inquiry and remedial measures were taken to check their recurrence in the future, the Minister said in a written reply to a question.

'Besides, a continuous and multi-faceted effort is always underway in the IAF to enhance and upgrade flight safety,' he added

Listing out the measures, the Minister said enhancing the quality of training to improve the skill levels, ability to exercise sound judgment and situational awareness of pilots was being pursued.

'Constant interaction with the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), both indigenous and foreign, is also maintained to overcome the technical defects of aircraft,' he added.

Antony said the IAF was undertaking anti-bird measures to counter the threat posed to aircraft.

Apart from the aircraft lost, the government had paid over Rs 12 lakh as compensation, he added.



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[Imran Khan]

18 MiGs lost in 3 years
Tuesday, December 16,2008
New Delhi, Dec. 15: The air force has lost 18 MiG series fighter aircraft in three years at the rate of six a year till December 5, statistics placed in Parliament today revealed.

Defence minister A.K. Antony told the Lok Sabha that “the major causes for these crashes are human error, technical defects and bird hits”. He said each incident was investigated by courts and “remedial measures” have been taken.

The MiG series in the combat fleet comprise the mainstay MiG 21 interceptors, MiG 29 and MiG 27 air superiority fighters. The MiG 25, used mostly for surveillance, has been phased out. “Besides, a continuous and multi-faceted effort is always under way in the IAF to enhance and upgrade flight safety,” Antony said.

The loss of 18 aircraft in three years — none can be called new — is not a statistic that air headquarters’ directorate of inspections and flight safety would be happy with.

Antony said the quality of training was being improved so pilots could hone their skills better.

 

[leonblack08]

Do you know how many mig29s were among them??

 

[leonblack08]

I heard IAF lost 12% of its Mig29s due to these incidents..is it true??

 

[Imran Khan]

World record: 500th Indian “Flying Coffin” Mig crashes. The IAF has the worst crash record on the planet




|The IAF has the worst crash record on the planet. This is a world record. No other Air force has had the ignominious honor of so many crashes on non-battle conditions. The Indian press refers to the Mig 21 as the Flying Coffin, but they are all flying coffins or crematiion discs for the IAF pilots. There are have been more crashes of this aircraft than the entire airforces of more than half the world. The crash of the 500th plane serves as a milestone as the highest number of crashes of any airforce in the world in the history of mankind. The bulk of the Indian Airforce is made up of all this flying junk that succumbs to gravity more then the bellies in the Indian Lok Sabha.

 

[leonblack08]

World record: 500th Indian “Flying Coffin” Mig crashes. The IAF has the worst crash record on the planet




|The IAF has the worst crash record on the planet. This is a world record. No other Air force has had the ignominious honor of so many crashes on non-battle conditions. The Indian press refers to the Mig 21 as the Flying Coffin, but they are all flying coffins or crematiion discs for the IAF pilots. There are have been more crashes of this aircraft than the entire airforces of more than half the world. The crash of the 500th plane serves as a milestone as the highest number of crashes of any airforce in the world in the history of mankind. The bulk of the Indian Airforce is made up of all this flying junk that succumbs to gravity more then the bellies in the Indian Lok Sabha.

LOL!!
I heard they upgraded these to Mig-21Bison,which they claim did very well against USAF in excercise.However US people claims the other way.
I have one question,though off topic,isn't the F-7s better than this migs??

 

[x_man]

Do you know how many mig29s were among them??

Atleast 5 , I guess..

This article of May,06 states that 3 have been lost in past 11 months..
IAF MiG-29 crashes, pilot safe-India-The Times of India

Other than above 3,
One was crashed on 01 Sept, 08 at Jamnagar
Another on 12 Nov,08 in Assam..

 

[Imran Khan]

F-7s better than this migs??

see crash rate and f-7 air frame is new i thing some of them bulit in 90s

 

[Imran Khan]

details here

total 8 distroy boss

21st January 1997
Indian A. F. MiG-29 KB-738 28 Sqdn Air Cmde C D Chandrasekhar* seat K-36



6 August 1999
IAF MiG-29 crashed, after it caught fire in mid-air Pilot KIA



20th April 2002
IAF MiG 29 Darrang district in lower Assam, went missing when it was flying over Darrang district
Squadron Leader Khan missing Flying Officer Tahiya missing


Thursday
4th December 2003
12:43 hours (local time)
IAF MIG-29 Adampur air-base aircraft developed some problem during routine flying crashed near Adampur in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, 25 kilometres south-east of the Adampur air-base P. J. Mohammed ejected seat K-36


Thursday 8th June 2006
12.10 p.m
IAF
photo MOD India
A MiG-29UB Trainer similar to this was lost - both crew ejected safely During a routine sortie from Bhuj crashed on the uninhabited Pirotan island, 40 km off the coast of Jamnagaran

via jagan photo requested K-36
MiG-29 UB Trainer ??? 28 Squadron
Bhuj Air Force Base, Gujarat

Wing Commander A. Nautiyal - Ejected safely over the sea and rescued - admitted to a local hospital for treatment Squadron Leader N. K. Mahal- Ejected safely over the sea and rescued - admitted to a local hospital for treatment K-36



Thursday 28th September 2006
around 3.20 p.m.
IAF MiG-29 KB3299

SQUADRON
???

Ambala airbase
Sources:
India News Media

Possible bird strike. Pilot reported an engine problem while preparing to land. Crashed in the fields near Sadhopur village about 12 km from the air force base near Ambala city in India's northern state of Haryana

Pilot V Naik being bailed out of MiG-29, which crashed in Ambala on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Neeraj Chopra

Pilot Squadron Leader V. Naik ejected and taken to a military hospital for first-aid

K-36


Tuesday 21st November 2006
7.45 pm (IST)
IAF MiG-29 Jamnagar airbase routine night sortie, crashed soon after take off near Jamnagar airbase in the vicinity of Sarmat village for a pilot ejected some minor injuries taken to the IAF hospital for treatment K-36


Tuesday 8th May 2007 16:00h
IAF MiG-29 Adampur air base, Punjab Crashed on take off on a routine training sortie from the air base in Punjab. No ground casualties pilot Lt. Commander Vikram Chauhan [on attachment from Indian Navy] ejected safely K-36

 

[x_man]

IAF is still flying many airframes that were built in late 60s and early 70s, I am sure once those are phased out along with Mig-23/27, the crash rate will come down…

PAF had also had some pretty bad spells with older Mirages and F-7s but somehow the trend has been contained ….Like many airforces, it is still the ‘Human error’ that contributes to the majority of accidents in PAF and IAF…

Machines are still faithful, it’s us that let the machines down…

 

[Nihat]

LOL!!
I heard they upgraded these to Mig-21Bison,which they claim did very well against USAF in excercise.However US people claims the other way.
I have one question,though off topic,isn't the F-7s better than this migs??

you're there , the bison's did well in Cope India and Red Flag , there is also a mention about small RCS making it hard to detect in the video.

The remainder of the Migs , except the new Naval ones are rubbish and need to changed as 1st order in priority for the IAF.

 

[Beskar]

I think i've said this before in a thread that Indian performance in the RedFlag was horrendous. They weren't able to differentiate between Friends and Foes. In case of a war, the Indian Airforce would wiggle around it's own tail and end up shooting their own Fighters.

The rest, well, they're good at crashing without any interference anyway so yeah lol.

 

[TOPGUN]

Comon who are u ! that delets my post dont be scared lol i want to confront u!

 

[Lockheed F-16]

I think i've said this before in a thread that Indian performance in the RedFlag was horrendous. They weren't able to differentiate between Friends and Foes. In case of a war, the Indian Airforce would wiggle around it's own tail and end up shooting their own Fighters.

The rest, well. They're good at crashing without any interference anyway so yeah lol.

Yes, the IAF knows its problem, that's its reason not to attack Pakistan. We can be very proud of Pakistan, which has the best air force in the world, we had to bring many victims but got eventually our strength in our Air Force. At least we could fulfill this one wish of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

 

[Nihat]

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