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Both pilots of Su-30 aircraft which crashed approx 60 Km from Tezpur Airbase on 23 May died in crash. Court of Inquiry already ordered
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Both pilots of Su-30 aircraft which crashed approx 60 Km from Tezpur Airbase on 23 May died in crash. Court of Inquiry already ordered
Mort Walker wrote:Very sad. They couldn't eject indicates catastrophic failure or as claimed of guided flight into terrain.
manjgu wrote:commercial flights routinely fly thru bad weather...just wondering how do fighter jets cope with bad weather? dont the fighters have radars to monitor weather etc? clouds? are fighters more susceptible to bad weather?
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], July 4 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) that was deployed for lifting people stranded due to road blockage went missing, along with three crew members, between Sagalee and Itanagar districts of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday.
The chopper was rescuing people who were stranded due to landslides that were triggered by rain.
Informing about the incident, Minister of State (MoS) Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said, “Weather is turbulent in North-East. I'm safe but whole State machinery is geared up to locate IAF ALH chopper missing almost at same time”.
Rijiju further tweeted, “Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and state government are mobilising local people to locate missing IAF helicopter which was on a rescue mission.”
“CM @PemaKhanduBJP ji & State Govt mobilising local people to locate the missing IAF helicopter which was on a rescue mission in Arunachal”.
Earlier in the day, Kiren Rijiju’s chopper made an emergency landing due to bad weather.
The Mi-17 helicopter landed to an alternative place as it was caught in heavy rain and fog, which made navigation difficult.
Rijiju was travelling to Ziro in Arunachal to attend the local Dree festival there. He was also going to overview the disaster preparedness and to meet paramilitary personnel deployed along the Sino-India border.
NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force's MiG-23 trainer aircraft crash landed on Thursday at Rajasthan's Balesar in Jodhpur district, PTI reported.
"It was a MiG-23 UB trainer plane and both the pilot and co-pilot are safe," News agency said while quoting defence sources.
gauravsh wrote:^^^ Marten saar, weren't Mig-23 phased out ??
On 04 Jul 17, an ALH of helicopter unit based at Tezpur had gone missing while carrying out an HADR mission near Itanagar. The helicopter had carried out five sorties evacuating stranded people near Itanagar due to landslides between Naharlagun and Sagalee. There were three crew members and a Arunachal Pradesh police personnel on board, when the aircraft was reported missing at approx 1550 hrs. While the search and rescue operations were initiated immediately, however the process was hampered frequently due to bad weather in the area.
Joint rescue teams of Army, NDRF, Arunachal Pradesh Police and IAF were launched to locate the helicopter. The Arunachal Pradesh Police team spotted the wreckage of the helicopter in the evening of 05 Jul 17. On 06 Jul 17 morning, rescue parties comprising IAF Garuds and medical team, Army, NDRF were able to reach the crash site alongwith the Arunachal Pradesh Police team who had sited the wreckage. The bodies of three personnel have been recovered so far. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident.
Just in: Indian Army ALH Dhruv chopper crashes in Eastern Ladakh. Crew escapes with minor injuries.
14 Corps Cdr Lt Gen SK Upadhyaya & 3 Infantry Div CO Maj Gen Savneet Singh on board. All safe. Crashed at Tsogstalu helipad. Rudder failure.
Kakarat wrote:Livefist@livefistJust in: Indian Army ALH Dhruv chopper crashes in Eastern Ladakh. Crew escapes with minor injuries.
14 Corps Cdr Lt Gen SK Upadhyaya & 3 Infantry Div CO Maj Gen Savneet Singh on board. All safe. Crashed at Tsogstalu helipad. Rudder failure.
shiv wrote:Rudder failure?
IAF HJT-16 Kiran trainer crashes near Hyderabad. Pilot safe. Details awaited.
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BREAKING: IAF Mi-17 chopper has crashed in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. At least six military personnel feared dead. Details awaited.
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Crash site about 12 km India-Tibet border. Aircraft was a Mi-17-V5. Army & AF personnel among dead. A day before Air Force Day. Tragic.
Singha wrote:it was ferrying kerosene to fwd position
chetak wrote:Singha wrote:it was ferrying kerosene to fwd position
per tv news, this kerosene was been unloaded by nets from the hovering chopper, when the net with the kerosine jerrycans snagged the tail rotor and this, among other things, caused the kerosene to light up and that fire then engulfed the chopper, killing all on board. Badly charred bodies could not even be identified.
we have to await confirmation.
Surya wrote:chetak wrote:
per tv news, this kerosene was been unloaded by nets from the hovering chopper, when the net with the kerosine jerrycans snagged the tail rotor and this, among other things, caused the kerosene to light up and that fire then engulfed the chopper, killing all on board. Badly charred bodies could not even be identified.
we have to await confirmation.
Apparently true based on what I am being told
pandyan wrote:Surya wrote:
Apparently true based on what I am being told
is this standard procedure to deliver supplies. It's tragic that even essential supply requires taking such risks. Would having better road infrastructure help? (is it even possible to build roads there?)
Rakesh wrote:pandyan wrote:
is this standard procedure to deliver supplies. It's tragic that even essential supply requires taking such risks. Would having better road infrastructure help? (is it even possible to build roads there?)
As per the official IAF tweet, the terrain to where the supplies was being delivered to was in a hilly terrain. That means no helipad or any flat surface to land safely on. Thus dropping supplies from a hovering helicopter appears to be the only choice.
Hopefully deejay can provide more inputs if he is reading this.
Rakesh wrote:pandyan wrote:
is this standard procedure to deliver supplies. It's tragic that even essential supply requires taking such risks. Would having better road infrastructure help? (is it even possible to build roads there?)
As per the official IAF tweet, the terrain to where the supplies was being delivered to was in a hilly terrain. That means no helipad or any flat surface to land safely on. Thus dropping supplies from a hovering helicopter appears to be the only choice.
Hopefully deejay can provide more inputs if he is reading this.
srin wrote:The Mi-17's tail rotor is at a higher elevation than the rear door, so I suspect a strong gust of wind at precisely the wrong time could have lifted the parachute into the rotor system.
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