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A Total of 13 Indian Navy Harrier jets have crashed over the years - 2 (1988), 2 (1992), 2 (1996, 1997), 4 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) & 3 (2007)
NEW DELHI: The Standing Committee on Defense today said accidents have become a continuous feature in the navy with 62 mishaps reported in the last 10 years and asked the Ministry of Defense to take responsibility.
The Indian Navy witnessed 62 mishaps between 2007 and 2017 and 177 officers were found guilty during inquiries ordered into the incidents, the committee said in its report tabled in the Lok Sabha.
The panel observed that "accidents are a continuous feature in the Navy and the Ministry of Defense must take onus for this as either poor quality procurement or improper maintenance or inadequate training is responsible for the occurrence of frequent accidents".
"It is needless to say that all possible measures should be taken to check occurrence of accidents in the service. To ensure this, everything from right procurement, right maintenance, the right training and right execution needs to be done.
"In case an accident takes place, appropriate penalty and punishment need to be meted out, if mishap is found to be on account of deficiencies in maintenance," the panel observed.
Among the accidents it listed were the explosion on board INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo-class submarine of the Indian Navy, on August 14, 2013, in which 18 crewmen were killed and the February 2015 collision between INS Sindhugosh and a fishing trawler off the coast of Mumbai.
http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2017/03/62-mishaps-in-last-10-years-in-navy-mod.html
NEW DELHI: The Standing Committee on Defense today said accidents have become a continuous feature in the navy with 62 mishaps reported in the last 10 years and asked the Ministry of Defense to take responsibility.
The Indian Navy witnessed 62 mishaps between 2007 and 2017 and 177 officers were found guilty during inquiries ordered into the incidents, the committee said in its report tabled in the Lok Sabha.
The panel observed that "accidents are a continuous feature in the Navy and the Ministry of Defense must take onus for this as either poor quality procurement or improper maintenance or inadequate training is responsible for the occurrence of frequent accidents".
"It is needless to say that all possible measures should be taken to check occurrence of accidents in the service. To ensure this, everything from right procurement, right maintenance, the right training and right execution needs to be done.
"In case an accident takes place, appropriate penalty and punishment need to be meted out, if mishap is found to be on account of deficiencies in maintenance," the panel observed.
Among the accidents it listed were the explosion on board INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo-class submarine of the Indian Navy, on August 14, 2013, in which 18 crewmen were killed and the February 2015 collision between INS Sindhugosh and a fishing trawler off the coast of Mumbai.
http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2017/03/62-mishaps-in-last-10-years-in-navy-mod.html
