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NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force's C-130J aircraft that crashed on Friday killing all five on board may have banged into a hillock, lost control, and hurtled into the Chambal area, according to preliminary dependable information available.
A senior IAF officer told TOI that the information, provided mostly by the crew of the other C-130J, which was the lead aircraft in the formation, show that ill-fated aircraft missed the hillock in an otherwise plain landscape. The first aircraft pulled up as it reached the hillock, but the second aircraft went and banged on it. The input is also corroborated by the angle in which it crashed into the ground, he said.
The preliminary information could be revised after the detailed court of inquiry into the crash is completed. While specifics of what exactly happened in those ill-fated moments to the four-engine US aircraft would be only known after the inquiry, the information available now douses fears of possible sabotage.
Despite what is known now, IAF top brass is worried about the loss of precious lives and a strategic platform. "We can't just forget this as an aberration. We need to be worried—about training, about exercises, about everything that is professional," a senior official said.
The crash at Chambal region on Friday around 11 am killed all five personnel on board— Wing Commanders P Joshi and Raji Nair, Squadron Leaders K Mishra and A Yadav, and warrant officer Krishna Pal Singh.
The crash occurred in Maharajpur village area near Chambal river in Rajasthan's Karauli district. The C-130J took off from Agra at 10 am for a tactical flying exercise, behind the lead aircraft.
The accident has shaken the IAF and government, as the C-130Js are among the latest aircraft and among the safest planes operating in the world. The IAF started inducting C-130J in February 2011, and half a dozen of them are in service. Recently, it has placed order for another six of them.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said in a statement on Friday that IAF has "exploited capabilities of this aircraft during Uttarakhand floods and landing at DBO (Daulat Beg Oldi), which is the highest landing ground in the world. Needless to say, that the best pilots have been chosen to fly these aircraft."
Raha pointed out that the events like these are "painful reminders of the inherent risks which our brave airwarriors face in the execution of our daily mission.
IAF's Hercules may have hit hillock, say preliminary reports on crash - The Times of India
A senior IAF officer told TOI that the information, provided mostly by the crew of the other C-130J, which was the lead aircraft in the formation, show that ill-fated aircraft missed the hillock in an otherwise plain landscape. The first aircraft pulled up as it reached the hillock, but the second aircraft went and banged on it. The input is also corroborated by the angle in which it crashed into the ground, he said.
The preliminary information could be revised after the detailed court of inquiry into the crash is completed. While specifics of what exactly happened in those ill-fated moments to the four-engine US aircraft would be only known after the inquiry, the information available now douses fears of possible sabotage.
Despite what is known now, IAF top brass is worried about the loss of precious lives and a strategic platform. "We can't just forget this as an aberration. We need to be worried—about training, about exercises, about everything that is professional," a senior official said.
The crash at Chambal region on Friday around 11 am killed all five personnel on board— Wing Commanders P Joshi and Raji Nair, Squadron Leaders K Mishra and A Yadav, and warrant officer Krishna Pal Singh.
The crash occurred in Maharajpur village area near Chambal river in Rajasthan's Karauli district. The C-130J took off from Agra at 10 am for a tactical flying exercise, behind the lead aircraft.
The accident has shaken the IAF and government, as the C-130Js are among the latest aircraft and among the safest planes operating in the world. The IAF started inducting C-130J in February 2011, and half a dozen of them are in service. Recently, it has placed order for another six of them.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said in a statement on Friday that IAF has "exploited capabilities of this aircraft during Uttarakhand floods and landing at DBO (Daulat Beg Oldi), which is the highest landing ground in the world. Needless to say, that the best pilots have been chosen to fly these aircraft."
Raha pointed out that the events like these are "painful reminders of the inherent risks which our brave airwarriors face in the execution of our daily mission.
IAF's Hercules may have hit hillock, say preliminary reports on crash - The Times of India
