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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
03 JUL 2019 4:35PM by PIB Delhi
Air Crash

The details of aircraft crashes during last five years are as follows:

 

Type of aircraft/helicopter

Financial Year Fleet

Fighters

Helicopters

Trainer

Transport

 

2014-15

07

01

02

01

 

2015-16

04

01

01

-

 

2016-17

06

02

01

01

 

2017-18

02

-

03

-

 

2018-19

07

02

02

-

 

2019-20

-

-

-

01

 

 

The number of IAF personnel who died in these accidents is as follows:

Financial Year/Fleet

Pilots

Aircrew

Service Personnel

2014-15

03

01

04

2015-16

-

-

-

2016-17

02

02

16

2017-18

02

-

-

2018-19

03

-

-

2019-20

02

04

07

 

Every aircraft accident in the IAF is investigated by Court of Inquiry (CoI) to ascertain the cause of accident and the recommendations of the completed Courts of Inquiry are implemented.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri Anto Antony in Lok Sabha today.

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