Lok Sabha Question No. 2730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Air Accidents
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, ANIL SHIROLE, B.V. NAYAK, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

2730

(To be answered on the December 2018) 27th

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## AIR ACCIDENTS

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SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

SHRI GEORGE BAKER

SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE

SHRI B.V. NAIK

SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) whether the accidents have been increasing over time;

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details of the number of accidents/fatalities/other emergencies occurred/taken place during take off /landing of flights during the last three years and the current year in the country, StatefUT-wise including West Bengal;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether it has been occurring with some selected airlines across the country; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government to bring down these accidents/ fatalities;
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government against these airlines?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) There have been total of 33 accidents involving Scheduled, NonScheduled and General Aviation that occurred in last three years: Details of the accidents are attached in Annexure 'A'. The year wise breakup of the same is as follows:

2015

10

2016

07

2017

08

- (b) & (c) The accident rate and incident rate of scheduled airlines has not seen rise during the last 3 years Based on guidelines issued by the International Civil Aviation organization (ICAO); the accident rate is calculated for scheduled airline as accidents per 10000 departures The year wise accident and incident rate are as follows:
- (d) Following steps have been taken by DGCA to ensure safety of aircraft operations:
- Safety recommendations emanating from the investigation reports are followed up for implementation with the concerned agencies so as to prevent recurrence of similar incident in future.
- As per the annual surveillance program, audit of the operators is carried out. Findings of audit report are followed up with the operator for verified during the next audit:

Year Number of accident Number of incident per 10000 departures  per 10000 departures

2015

5.1

7.46

2016

3.3

7.227

2017

1.0

6.56

2018

0.9

4.71

(Till Nov)

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- Accidentlincident data is analyzed on yearly basis and based on the analysis, important observations/findings are shared with operators to avoid the recurrence of the accidents /incidents.
- (e) & (f) Madam. No,

| SIN                                       | Datel Place                                      | Alc Typel Regn.                           | Operator                                  | Fatalities                                | Details of Accident                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Scheduled Operator (2015)                 | Scheduled Operator (2015)                        | Scheduled Operator (2015)                 | Scheduled Operator (2015)                 | Scheduled Operator (2015)                 | Scheduled Operator (2015)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                           | 08.03.2015 Hubli                                 | Q400 VT-SUA                               | Mls Spicejet                              | Nil                                       | After landing at Hubli, the aircraft veered to the left side of the runway and over run the runway edge light followed by LH gear collapse. Thereafter the aircraft exited the runway to its left side on Kutcha and came to the final stop at around 52 m away from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 2                                         | 13.04.2015 Khajuraho                             | B737-800 VT-JGA                           | Jet Airways                               | Nil                                       | the runway centre line. The LH landing gear collapsed during landing roll at Khajuraho. The crew carried out emergency evacuation:  There were 59 passengers and 08 crew members (02 Cockpit Crew + 05 Cabin Crew +01 AME) on board the aircraft.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                                           | 04.12.2015 Jabalpur                              | Q400 VT-SUC                               | Ms Spicejet                               | Nil                                       | Mls Spicejet Aircraft  DH8-402, VT-SCU was scheduled for sector VABB-VAJB. After landing o RWY 06 at Jabalpur, on landing roll suddenly saw 10-11 Boars on runway and one of boar hit the left landing gear which collapsed and the aircraft                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                           | 16.12.2015 Mumbai                                | A319 VT-SCQ                               | Air India                                 | 01                                        | skidded and went off the runway to the left. A319 aircraft VT-SCQ operating flight Al-619 (BOM-HYD) of 16.12.2015. After push back and both engines started, parking brake was set and tow bar was disconnected. Senior Service Engineer was on the head set Before he could come out and, aircraft moved forward. AIl the other ground personnel ran and  Senior  Service Engineer was sucked into No. 2 engine resulting in fatal accident: away                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2015) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2015)        | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2015) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2015) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2015) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2015)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                         | 02.05.2015 Begur, Kodagu, Karnataka              | Microlight VT-USO                         | Ms Bangalore flying club                  | 01                                        | The Crew took off from Begurkoli at 1245hrs for local sortie along with his friend. After completing the local sortie of about 2 hours, the microlight aircraft returned and approached the grass strip for landing. It touched down but could not stop until 3/4th of the grass strip length when the pilot decided to go around and it   suddenly lost lift and  fell on the ground impacting on nose _                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                           | 04.08.2015 near Khonsa Helipad Arunachal Pradesh | Dauphin VT-PHK                            | Mls Pawan Hans Ltd.                       | 03                                        | The   helicopter was scheduled to operate flight Dibrugarh- Khonsa-Longding-Changlang Dibrugarh. The helicopter took off at 0425 from Dibrugarh for Khonsa After take-off, helicopter informed ATC Dibrugarh ETA Khonsa 0447 UTC and changed over to Chabua ATC at 0429 UTC. At 0457 UTC the pilot of VT- PHK informed ATC Chabua that got airborne from Khonsa and climbing to 4500 ft and estimating Longding at 0508 UTC. At 0508 UTC ATC Chabua called up to VT-PHK but did not get any reply: Subsequently search and rescue operations started. On 13.08.2015, the helicopter wreckage site was located and bodies recovered from the crash site. they |
|                                           | 4.11.2015 Offshore Mumbai high                   | Dauphin N 3 VT-PWF                        | Pawan Hans Ltd                            | 02                                        | The flight was a training sortie, the Cockpit door was found at the last known position as per ONGC is 19 16 N and The helicopter took of from JUHU at 4.15 PM and landed at SPM at WIS platform and again took off from WIS at 7:15Pm and crashed while approaching or attempting to go around after   landing   attempt at platform RONTAP MEYER: The training was for the purpose of night currency and the crash occurred in first landing: Deg 71deg                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                           | 23.11.2015 Katra                                 | AS350B3 VT-JKB                            | Mls Himalayan Heli                        | 07                                        | The helicopter  took-off Katra Helipad for helipad. It suddenly turned back probably to make an towards nearby open space and hit electric cables. TheHelicopter got_toppled, from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

|                                                             |                                                             |                                                             | Services                                                    |                                                             | impacted the ground in an upside down condition andcaught fire_                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|                                                             | 24.11.2015 Melluri helipad, Nagaland                        | Dauphin N VT-ELJ                                            | Mls Pawan Hans                                              | Nil                                                         | The helicopter VT-ELJ operating flight Dimapur (Nagaland) to The  flight up of   Melluri helipad was uneventful. The Pilot approached for beginning of the helipad, however, as he entered the area around helipad maintaining height of 5-6 feet above the ground, due to the rotor downwash, huge dust bowl engulfed the   helicopter. The visibility of the Pilot was reduced totally due to the dust bowl Pilot disoriented and decided to abort the landing and initiated go around from hover: During the process of go-around, the main rotor blade and subsequently nose of the helicopter hit the 30 feet high hillock in the forward path: Both the flight crew from got |
| 10                                                          | 22.12.2015 IGI Airport;, Delhi                              | B2OO VT-BSA                                                 | Mls BSF                                                     | 10                                                          | and 02 passengers have minor injuries including cuts. The aircraft 22.12.2015 with 10 persons on board. After  getting airborne, the tower controller instructed VTBSA to change-over to approach frequency. However, no communication was received from the aircraft. The aircraft was observed to after departure and communication could not be   established: The aircraft disappeared from the radar scope and crashed outside                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| the boundary wall of IGI Airport. Scheduled Operator (2016) | the boundary wall of IGI Airport. Scheduled Operator (2016) | the boundary wall of IGI Airport. Scheduled Operator (2016) | the boundary wall of IGI Airport. Scheduled Operator (2016) | the boundary wall of IGI Airport. Scheduled Operator (2016) | the boundary wall of IGI Airport. Scheduled Operator (2016)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                             | 07-05-2016 Indore                                           | ATR 72- 600 VT-JCX                                          | Jet Airways                                                 | Nil                                                         | During landing roll the aircraft started veering to the left of the runway and ran towards unpaved ground. After veering more than Km: the no 4 MLG wheel ran over the runway edge light and entered the unpaved surface. Aircraft crossed taxiway F and came to halt 78 meters from the runway centre line near isolation bay.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                           | 03.03.2016 Mumbai                                           | B737-900 VT-JGD                                             | Mls Jet ainways                                             | Nil                                                         | After landing on runway 27 at Mumbai, cockpit crew heard thud sound investigation it was observed that   trunnion pin sheared off during landing roll:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 3                                                           | 27.12.2016 Goa                                              | B737-800 VT-JBG                                             | Jet Airways                                                 | Nil                                                         | Aircraft was aligned with the runway centre line and throttle was at approx. 40% of N1 and TOGA was pressed by PIC. As soon as TOGA was pressed, aircraft started veering towards the right of centreline_ In spite of efforts by the crew to control the aircraft by applying rudder; brakes, aircraft exited the runway on the right: Aircraft stopped on the soft   ground and sustained substantial damage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2016)                   | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2016)                   | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2016)                   | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2016)                   | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2016)                   | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2016)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                                                             | 09.03.2016 Pune                                             | L-23 Super Blanik VT-GLK                                    | MIs   Gliding Center, Pune                                  | Nil                                                         | During an emergency landing short of runway the tail wheel of the glider got entangled in electric wire and crashed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                                                             | 24.05.2016 Najafgarh                                        | Beechcraft C90 VT-EQO                                       | Ms Alchemist                                                | Nil                                                         | The aircraft crash landing in open field 5-6 NM short of 10, due to both engine failure Rwy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                             | 06.07.2016 Chennai                                          | Hawker 900 XP VT-LTA                                        | Mls L&t Aviation Services                                   | Nil                                                         | Aircraft touched down at runway shoulder causing aircraft to veer towards unpaved surfaces: Nose gear collapsed and the LH main gear wheels were badly damaged. The aircraft was stuck on the runway:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                                                             | 11.12.2016 Mumbai                                           | R-44 VT-PHB                                                 | Mls Aman Aviation                                           | 02                                                          | Helicopter VT-PHB took-off from Juhu Aerodrome for Iocal flying and pilot encountered  clutch problem ad during emergency landing helicopter crash landed, caught fire and destroyed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Scheduled Operator (2017)                                   | Scheduled Operator (2017)                                   | Scheduled Operator (2017)                                   | Scheduled Operator (2017)                                   | Scheduled Operator (2017)                                   | Scheduled Operator (2017)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                                                             | 05.09.2017 Cochin                                           | B737-800 VT-AYB                                             | Ms AICL                                                     | NIL                                                         | After landing the aircraft was given taxi instructions to stand: However the pilot   reported unable to taxi due ditch and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

|                                           |                                           |                                           |                                           |                                           | requested towing: After inspection it was observed that aircraft rear wheels were stuck in the drain adjacent to taxiway: Nose oleo collapsed and engine bottom surface has contacted the ground:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2017) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2017) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2017) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2017) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2017) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2017)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2                                         | 05.03.2017 Thailand                       | PC-12/47 VT-AVG                           | Air Charter Services                      | 01                                        | The Aircraft was operating a medical charter flight DEL _ BKK DEL: It took off from Delhi at 0842 for Bangkok: The aircraft landed at Kolkata safely and after refuelling took off at 1425 IST for Bangkok: However it crashed short of Airforce station near Bangkok:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3                                         | 26.04.2017 Near Gondia                    | DA-42 VT-NFM                              | NFTI, Gondia                              | 02                                        | The aircraft while engaged in Iocal flying hit the ropeway cable causing the upper area of cockpit and tail to shear off and aircraft to crash on to the ground at about 190 meters away from the rope way:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                                           | 26.04.2017 Chintaguffa                    | Bell 206 VT-DDA                           | Mls Dhillon Aviation                      | Nil                                       | Helicopter toppled down at the time of landing at Chintagufa helipad.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 5                                         | 25.05.2017 Nilanga, Latur                 | 5-76 VT-CMM                               | Govt: of Maharastra                       | Nil                                       | Helicopter  VT-CMM airborne at around 11.55 hrs (IST) from helipad Nailanga for Raj Bhawan Mumbai with 04 pax on board including CM of Maharashtra, crash landed due to high tension cables:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                           | 10.06.2017 Badrinath                      | AW-119 VT-NRK                             | Kestrel Aviation Pvt Ltd                  | 01                                        | Helicopter   crashed at Badrinath  (100 m from Civil Helipad Badrinath towards Govind Ghat) at time 0715 IST soon after take-off.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                                           | 26.08.2017 Delhi                          | B747-200 ER-BAT                           | Ms Fly Pro                                | NIL                                       | The aircraft aiter lining up on runway for take-off; increased power and after stabilizing the engine, a bang sound was heard by the crew when power was advanced for take-off: Another aircraft holding behind, reported metal parts separated from the on and oil pressure came to zero. The aircraft aborted take-off and vacated runway. The aircraft taxied back to stand and it was observed that turbine section (LPT) and exhaust cone separated from the engine. The separated turbine blades punctured some part of trailing edge flaps and one of the access doors of fuel tank resulting _in fuel leakage: |
| 8                                         | 01.12.2017 Dhule                          | Piper PA- 34 VT-BCA                       | Mls Bombay Flying Club                    | NIL                                       | The aircraft while en-route to Dhule airport made an emergency landing in village 21NM short of Dhule Airport; due to fuel starvation which led to failure of both the engines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Scheduled Operator (2018)                 | Scheduled Operator (2018)                 | Scheduled Operator (2018)                 | Scheduled Operator (2018)                 | Scheduled Operator (2018)                 | Scheduled Operator (2018)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                                           | 12.10.18 Trichy                           | B-737-800 VT-AYD                          | Mls Air India Express                     | NIL                                       | MIs Air India Express B737-800 aircraft VT-AYD was involved in an accident while operating flight AXB-611 (Trichy-Dubai) on 12.10.2018. The aircraft hit the ILS Antenna and of boundary wall while taking off from Trichy Airport: top                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2018) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2018) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2018) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2018) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2018) | Non-Scheduled and General Aviation (2018)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2                                         | 13.01.18 Mumbai Offshore                  | Dauphin AS365 N3 VT-PWA                   | Ms PHL                                    | 07                                        | The helicopter took-off Juhu at approximately 1013 IST and proceeded towards destination on radial 330 BBB. At 25NM at 70Oft   from Mumbai helicopter reported Juhu ATC at 1024 IST . At 1034 IST helicopter reported with ONGC control room and thereafter no communication was received from helicopter: Subsequently it was observed to be crashed in sea_ from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                                           | 26.04.18 Faizabad (U.P)                   | Cessna 152 VT-PTD                         | Mls Falcon Aviation Academy               | NIL                                       | Mls Falcon Aviation  Academy  aircraft Cessna 152, VT-PTD while engaged in a instrument flying sortie was involved in an accident due to mid-air engine failure. Aircraft Took off at 1051 hrs and operation normal calls were received at 1055 hrs, 1113 hrs and 1126 hrs. Thereafter pilots carried out forced land in the river-bed about 6.7 nm from Faizabad airport on a bearing of 280. There are no injuries to pilots:                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                           | 28.06.18 (Ghatkopar)                      | King Air C 90 VT-UPZ                      | UY Aviation                               | 05                                        | This is to intimate that the King Air C 90 A aircraft VT-UPZ belonging to Mls UY Aviation has been crashed near Ghatkopar, Mumbai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

|    |                                       |                    |                                            |     | aircraft took Off from Juhu airport and was undergoing test flight: There were four person on board including 02 cockpit crew and 02 engineers. The aircraft is being maintained by Ms Indamer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| 5  | 07.08.18 Lalgarh Ganganager           | Cessna 208B VT-UDN | Mls Supreme Transport                      | NIL | MIS Supreme Transport Organisation Pvt. Ltd. Cessna 208 B aircraft VT-UDN while operating flight from Jaipur to Lalgarh was involved in an accident during landing at Lalgarh airstrip, Rajasthan on 07.08.2018. There were a total of 07 passengers on board the flight: The aircraft took off from at 1600hrs IST and landed at Lalgarh, Rajastahan at 1745hrs IST. During landing the aircraft  overshot the runway and hit the airstrip boundary wall: As per the initial  information, the pilots have reported   aircraft overshoot the runway due to birds on the runway There are no injuries to any persons onboard the flight. propeller has separated. Jaipur                                                    |
|    | 03.10.18 Kurgiakh, Jammu & Kashmir    | Bell 206 L4 VT-PHD | Mls PHL                                    | NIL | On 03/10/2018, Pawan Hans helicopter Bell 206 L4 VT-PHD departed from Padam Helipad, Jammu & Kashmir for an aerial recce mission of Shinkula pass to locate 15-20 stranded labour including women and children; as intimated by J&K Government authorities. There were 4 person on board including 1 crew. On seeing some persons at Kurgiakh while on recce, crew decided to make an approach to land at a suitable  place. While on approach, a blanket from ground picked up and entangled in emergency  landing  nearby at 1348 IST . no injury reported to any of the occupant: Helicopter main rotor & tail rotor damaged. Undercarriage (Skid) also damaged due to hard landing: got                                 |
|    | 21.11.18 near Shankarpalli, Hyderabad | Cessna 172 VT-RGC  | Mls Wings Aviation Ltd:                    | NIL | The aircraft was engaged in a solo cross country training flight from Begumpet, Hyderabad overflying Gobor was involved in a crash landing near Shankarpalli at 0610 UTC on 21.11.2018. The aircraft departed at 0541 UTC on nonstop cross country engine failure while flying at 17 NM west of Hyderabad. The aircraft was passing 4600 feet climbing to 6500 feet AMSL. The pilot   reported his   inability to return back to Hyderabad and informed ATC that he is going to land the aircraft at nearby place. At 0610 UTC the pilot informed ATC that aircraft landed at Mokila in paddy field near Shankarpalli;, Hyderabad: The                                                                                      |
| 8  | 24.11.18 Mehsana, Gujarat             | Cessna 1725 VT-ABK | Mls Ahmedaba d Aviation & Aeronautics Ltd: | NIL | aircraft sustained substantial damages. On 24.11.2018 , & Aeronautics Ltd. aircraft  Cessna 172S, Registration VT-ABK was engaged in solo circuit and landing exercise at Mehsana,  Gujarat: The aircraft was flown by student pilot. The first circuit was uneventful: During   second circuit, after   airborne around 800- the student pilot to make 180 degree and land. process of landing, the aircraft overshot the runway end 05, broke a runway edge light with its left main wheel, went on Kutcha and stopped 4-5 feet the boundary wall in a small drain. There was no injury to student pilot:  The aircraft received damage to landing gear and fuselage. The accident occurred around 14.40 IST. During from |