Twenty-nine aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed due to technical defects and human error over the last five years, the government said on Friday. Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State for the Defence Ministry, said that every aircraft accident in the IAF was investigated by a court of inquiry (COI) in order to ascertain the cause of the accident and the recommendations of the completed COIs were implemented.
“During the last five financial years (2012—13 to 2016— 17) and the current year (upto July 18), 29 fighter jets including five Sukhoi—30 and three trainer have crashed.
Technical defects and human error were the main causes of the accidents,” Bhamre said in a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha.
