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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