Bharat Rakshak

Page not found ... I don't think there is any crash. So lets wait until it is covered by other papers before creating BRF panic.

Why are Mirage 2000s falling from the sky?‎
Zee News - 4 hours ago
New Delhi: Even as the Indian Air Force is yet to decipher the reasons behind previous crashes, one more Mirage 2000 fighter jet crashed on Thursday.

I fear the same will happen with the Raffy fleet, already so may unexpalined crashes in the raffy fleet, i think scrap raffy deal and go for a the safest bird in the MRCA F-18IN. Not a single crash due to technical failure.

(AFP) – 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON — A US Navy F-18 jet crashed into a low-rise apartment building in Virginia on Friday triggering an inferno, US media reported, with emergency responders rushing to the scene.
The two crew members successfully ejected from the jet which crashed into a populated area in the eastern coastal tourist resort of Virginia Beach, CNN reported.

But their condition was unknown with one crew member reported to have been taken to Sentara Virginia Beach hospital, as firefighters were desperately trying to control the blaze.

"There were flames coming out of its engine at the back, which I just thought was afterburn or whatever... but the plane got lower and lower. I saw one pilot eject," witness Jon Swain told MSNBC.

"I understand there were two, but I only saw one. And then you know, probably five seconds later, I was at the building where it hit. It burst into flames," he said.

The plane smashed into a low-rise apartment block, he said.

"It hit it dead center. And yeah, it's pretty traumatic," Swain said. "There were a few people running from the building."

Emergency vehicles with sirens wailing rushed to the scene but there was no immediate word on casualties, as smoke was seen billowing from the two-story apartment block.

The Navy and the Virginia Beach police department could not be immediately contacted by AFP.

An F/A-18D assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 crashed in Virginia Beach, Va. April 6.

Initial reports indicate that at approximately 12:05 p.m., the jet crashed just after takeoff at a location just off of the base.

Both aircrew safely ejected from the aircraft.VFA-106 is based at Naval Air Station Oceana, and serves as the East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron.

Their mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18 Replacement Pilots and Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs) to support fleet commitments.

NEW DELHI: After remaining grounded for over a month after two crashes in close succession, the Mirage-2000 multi-role fighters are expected to take to the skies by end-April.

Air chief marshal (ACM) N A K Browne, on the sidelines of IAF annual commanders' conference on Tuesday, said the Mirage-2000 fleet was undergoing systematic technical checks and would resume flying operations by month-end. French original equipment manufacturers Dassault Aviation and Snecma are also part of the probes into the crashes that were caused due to some engine problems.

IAF, incidentally, swears by the Mirage-2000s, which have a much better flight safety record compared to other fighters like MiGs and Jaguars. Only 10 Mirages have crashed since their induction in the mid-1980s.

India recently inked two deals worth over Rs 17,500 crore for the progressive upgrade of IAF's 51 Mirage-2000s by French companies Dassault Aviation (aircraft manufacturer), Thales (weapons systems integrator) and MBDA (missile

While the first two fighters have been sent to France for the upgrade, the rest will later be retrofitted with new avionics, radars, mission computers, glass cockpits, helmet-mounted displays, electronic warfare suites, weapon delivery and precision-targeting systems in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd under transfer of technology.

With the almost $20 billion MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) project to acquire 126 French Rafale fighters close to finalization, along with ongoing inductions and upgrades, ACM Browne said IAF was ``poised for a strategic transformation" during the conference.

"Our operations rest on three pillars - operational capability, operational infrastructure and security of these operational assets. An operational mindset must dictate all our actions and the primacy of operations in all our actions must be understood by each and every air warrior," he said.

"IAF's vision statement - `People First Mission Always' - aims at inculcating a culture where each of us pays attention to looking after the needs and requirements of people place below us. Our air warriors in the field must get full support to accomplish their assigned tasks," he added.

Army chopper crashes in Siachen, pilot killed

Srinagar, May 23: A Cheetah helicopter of the Army Aviation crashed in the Siachen Glacier today leading to the death of a pilot and injuries to the co-pilot.
“A Cheetah helicopter deployed on an Air Maintenance Mission in Siachen Glacier crashed on Wednesday around 11.15 A.M. Unfortunately the pilot died and the co-pilot has been injured and evacuated to Chandigarh. An inquiry has been ordered to probe the reasons of the crash,” Lt Col JS Brar, Defence Spokesperson based in Srinagar, said.
The two officer-pilots were trying to land the chopper at the Bhim post helipad in northern glacier area when they lost control of the flying machine and it crashed 400 metres short of the helipad, an officer in the Army headquarters said.

Jamnagar, Gujarat: Five air force personnel were killed and three others were injured after two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters collided mid-air near Jamnagar in Gujarat today.

The two Mi-17 helicopters crashed into each other around 12:25 pm. The accident happened over the Sarmat field firing range in Sharmath, 12 kilometres south west of Jamnagar.

The helicopters were reportedly on a training mission. Each carried a pilot, a co-pilot and two others

A Chetak helicopter of the Indian Navy crashed on Monday while landing at Dabolim airport in Goa killing all the three personnel on board.

The chopper was flying from Mumbai to Bangalore on a routine sortie with a scheduled stop for refuelling in Goa. It crashed at 10 am while landing.

This is the first fatal crash of a naval helicopter in seven years. The last such accident occurred in 2005, said a navy officer. The Navy currently has about 60 helicopters in its fleet.

The personnel who died in the crash were: Lt Cdr D Singh, Lt Rahul Tiwari and Chief Artificer (air) Hareesh Krishnan, a qualified sailor.

Preliminary findings suggest mechanical failure to be the cause of the accident. An enquiry has been ordered. Sailor Hareesh Krishnan, from Haripad in Alappuzha district in Kerala, will be cremated with full military honours on Tuesday.

Hareesh last visited Kerala two months ago on Onam and was to retire this year.

For safe close formation flying of choppers, LEDs on the main rotor blade tips can be used for signaling, an universal encoding mechanism is what we see in traffic lights, the emission spectrum of the LEDs can be in the invisible zone and weather penetrating and the NVGs will do the shifting into the visible zone so the pilots can see it, this signaling cannot be seen by the naked eye and the emission frequencies themselves are secret or preferably software controlled

Another F-22 crash. Other reports claim that it might've been a pilot error though.

F22 crashes in FL

AHMEDABAD: An upgraded MiG-21'Bison' aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed after taking off from Naliya Airbase in Gujarat at 11.30 am on Saturday.

The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely, sources said, adding that it was on a routine training sortie.

A MiG-27 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Uttarlai in Rajasthan this afternoon, but the pilot managed to eject safely.

An official statement said the mishap occurred at about 1548 hours today, soon after the aircraft took off from the Uttarlai airbase in Barmer district on a routine flying training sortie.
“Immediately after the take-off, the aircraft developed a technical snag in the engine forcing the pilot to eject at a critical height. The pilot ejected safely,” it said.
There is no reported damage to any civil property or life, the statement said.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the accident. This is the fourth Cat I accident of this financial year, the statement added.

: A Sukhoi 30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force today crashed in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district but both the pilots bailed out safely.


There was no loss of life or damage to property on the ground, defence spokesman S D Goswami said.

The aircraft was to participate in IAF's day-night exercise 'Iron Fist' on February 22, he said.

Both the pilots bailed out safely, Goswami said.

The interesting thing is that if it was performing as a part of Iron Fist exercise and the crash happened after releasing bombs then there must be a UAV above it recording all the events. So they might actually have a video graphic evidence of the crash sequence.

Navy chopper crashes into sea, two feared dead

Two navy personnel are feared dead while two others have survived after a Chetak helicopter of the Indian Navy crashed into the sea about 18 km off Visakhapatnam coast on Tuesday afternoon.

The two survivors have been picked up at sea and brought to the naval hospital at INHS Kalyani. The exact reasons for the helicopter crash are yet to be ascertained.

In a statement released here, the Navy authorities confirmed the accident and said that the Chetak 440 took off from INS Dega at about 2 pm on Tuesday afternoon on a routine mission for an aerial excercise in the area with four crew members onboard. It moved seaward for about 18 km off the Visakhapatnam coast when it reportedly collapsed into the sea.

The Air Traffic Control (ATC) lost contact with the helicopter at about 3.30 pm. After it failed to return to the base as per the schedule, the ATC informed the Navy authorities who in turn sent a search and rescue team.

Two survivors, whose identity was not revealed by the Navy, were picked up from near the crash site.

NEW DELHI: In the last three years, the Indian Air Force has lost 29 fighter planes including 12 MiG-21s in crashes in which six pilots lost their lives, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

The aircraft lost in the crashes were 12 MiG-21s, 8 MiG-27s, 4 Su-30MKis, 2 Jaguars, 2 Mirage-2000s and 1 MiG-29, defence minister AK Antony said in reply to a written question.

"In these accidents, a total of six pilots and six civilians have lost their lives. Apart from loss of lives, 39 civilian properties were damaged