LAHORE – While India claims to have conducted a surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC), it needs to have a look at the bad situation of its Air Force whose aircrafts have a long list of crashes.
In a fresh act of violating the Line of Control (LoC), an Indian aircraft on Tuesday intruded into the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region but soon returned back to India after a response from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
After they hurriedly tried to escape and released the payload behind in this bid, India claimed that they took the revenge of Pulwama attack for its face saving.
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However, the recent history of Indian aircraft crashes presents a grim picture of Indian misadventures. Out of all these crashes, two happened only in February this year, what to talk of a self-claimed ‘surgical strike’.
Here’s a list of all the crashes of Indian Air Force (IAF) aircrafts since 2010 that reveals the poor capacity of India to claim attacks on Pakistani soil.
19 February, 2019
Two jets collide in deadly air show rehearsal accident. A pilot has been killed after two planes crashed mid-air while rehearsing for an aerobatic show.
1 February, 2019
A Mirage 2000 trainer crashed in the southern city of Bengaluru on 1 February, killing two pilots.
3 April, 2018
An IAF Mil Mi-17-V5 crashes after striking an iron girder while landing, killing one and injuring three.
23 May, 2017
An IAF Sukhoi Su-30MKI went missing while on training mission near Tezpur, Assam.The aircraft’s wreckage was found three days later along with the blackbox. Both the pilots, Ft. Lt. Achudev and Sqn. Ld. D Pankaj were killed. The pilots were unable to eject before the crash.
19 October, 2016
An IAF Mil Mi-17V5 suffers extensive structural damage when it crashes during training in Uttarakhand. All 15 occupants of the helicopter are able to escape.
3 October, 2016
An IAF SEPECAT Jaguar trainer aircraft crashes in the Pokhran desert due to a technical malfunction. Both pilots eject successfully.
20 September, 2016
An IAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 crashes at Srinagar Airport in Kashmir. The plane had overshot the runway and the pilot managed to eject safely.
13 September, 2016
An IAF SEPECAT Jaguar catches fire while taxiing at Ambala. The pilot manages to eject but the aircraft is written off.
10 September, 2016
IAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM, U2140, of No. 4 Squadron, crashes in Barmer, Rajasthan, at around 12:15 p.m. The pilots eject safely. The aircraft, flying from Uttarlai Air Force Station, crashed around 75 km away from the base. The aircraft was on a routine training mission.
4 August, 2016
An IAF BAE Systems Hawk trainer crashes shortly after takeoff from Kalaikunda Air Force Station in West Midnapore. Both pilots ejected safely and the aircraft crashed within the boundaries of the base.
22 July, 2016
IAF Antonov An-32, K-2743, c/n 0809?, disappears with six crew members and 23 personnel on board. The aircraft took off on a routine weekly courier flight from Chennai and was scheduled to arrive Port Blair at 11:30 IST. It was last seen on radar at 09:00 over the Bay of Bengal.
13 June, 2016
A MiG-27 aircraft crashed in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The pilots ejected safely but three people were injured. Two houses in the area where the aircraft crashed were reportedly damaged.
5 March, 2015
An IAF SEPECAT Jaguar crashed due to technical issues. The pilot ejected safely.
31 January, 2015
An IAF Mikoyan-Guryevich MiG-21 on a training flight crashed into a sea in Gujarat, India. The plane crashed during a routine training exercise. The pilot ejected and was recovered shortly after.
1 August, 2014
The IAF SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft crashed in Pune. Pilot ejected safely.
27 May, 2014
An IAF MiG-21 crashed outside Bijbehara in Jammu and Kashmir, killing the pilot.
28 March, 2014
An IAF Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules crashed near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, while on a training mission killing all five on board and destroying the aircraft.
25 June, 2013
An IAF Mil Mi-17 carrying 20 personnel working on Flash Flood rescue operations near Gaurikund in North India crashed into hilly terrain killing all on board.
12 February, 2013
An IAF Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-27MU crashed during a training flight near Allwani Ki Dhani in Rajasthan State, pilots ejected safely but two killed on the ground.
5 March, 2012
An IAF Dassault Mirage 2000TH crashed near Babanbas. The two crew ejected safely.
30 August, 2012
Two IAF Mil Mi-17s collide during a training flight 12 km from the Jamnagar airbase, all nine on board the two helicopters died.
30 January, 2012
An IAF HAL HJT-16 Kiran Mk2 exploded in mid-air over Iyancherry village in Kancheepuram district, South India. The two pilots ejected safely.
10 November, 2010
An IAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 fighter went down near Jodhpur in Rajasthan shortly after takeoff for a routine sortie, but the pilot bailed out safely.
18 February, 2010
An IAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jet (8th Squadron, 20th Wing) crashed soon after take-off from Bagdora in West Bengal but the pilot ejected to safety.
16 February, 2010
An IAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 fighter-bomber went down near Siliguri in West Bengal killing the pilot, a squadron leader.
Seeing the long list of IAF aircraft crashes, one can easily question the preparedness of IAF that can only intrude into the Pakistani territory and target harmless trees.
