IAF has lost average 1 aircraft a month since 2007: Parliament panel

June 17, 2015 10:43

NDTV reports: A Jaguar fighter -- a twin-engine, single seater strike aircraft of Anglo-French origin -- of the Indian Air Force crashed on Tuesday morning near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh was the 86th crash since 2007 -- on an average, the Indian Air Force has lost about one aircraft every month for the past eight years.

The Parliamentary Committee of Defence which looked into the high rate of crashes, has found that as many as 34 crashes happened due to technical defects. Another 30 were because of the pilot error. Some were a combination of both.

Errors in services led to four crashes and the Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited -- the unit that manufactures aircraft in India -- was found to be responsible for at least two crashes.

Regarding human error by the crew, the Committee said some of the crashes were because units weren't using "latest updated maps" but "using old vintage maps".

Also, it observed that there was a "requirement of enroute weather and destination to all aircrew".

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