Lok Sabha Question No. 884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Crashes of Fighter Aircraft
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO, BHARATENDRA SINGH, NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, R. VANAROJA, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, MAHEISH GIRRI, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, VINCENT H PALA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF DEFENCE**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE**

**LOK  SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.884**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24** **TH** **JULY, 2015**

**CRASHES OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT**

884.  	SHRI  KALIKESH  N. SINGH DEO:

KUNWAR BHARATENDRA SINGH:

SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

SHRI  DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI VINCENT  H. PALA:

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(a)	the total number of fighter aircraft including Sukhoi, MIG and Jaguar of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed during each of the last three years and the current year along with the reasons therefor;

(b)	the number of IAF personnel, civilians injured or lost their lives in such accidents along with the loss caused to the Government and civilian property as a result thereof;

(c)	the details of compensation provided to the victims of such accidents during the said period, accident-wise;

(d)	whether the Government has conducted investigation into the causes for these crashes, if so, the details and the outcome thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e)	the measures taken by the Government to prevent such accidents?

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**(a)   During the last three years and the current year (upto 20.07.2015)     a  total  of  20  fighter  aircraft  (03 Sukhoi, 12  MiG  and  05 Jaguar) of the**

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**Indian Air Force (IAF) have crashed as per the details below:**

| **Year**                           | **No. of fighter aircraft crashed**   |         |            |           |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------|------------|-----------|
|                                    | **Sukhoi**                            | **MiG** | **Jaguar** | **Total** |
| **2012-13**                        | **01**                                | **02**  | **01**     | **04**    |
| **2013-14**                        | **--**                                | **05**  | **01**     | **06**    |
| **2014-15**                        | **01**                                | **04**  | **02**     | **07**    |
| **2015-16**  **(upto 20.07.2015)** | **01**                                | **01**  | **01**     | **03**    |

**The main reasons for the crashes were Technical Defect and Human Error.**

**(b) 02 IAF personnel were killed and 02 civilian injured in these accidents.  The loss to the Government, in terms of value of aircraft and service property, in respect of 12 accidents assessed so far is estimated at Rs.386 crore and loss to civilian property is Rs.4,43,800/-.**

**(c)   Ex-gratia amount paid as compensation to the victims, accident-wise is as under:**

| **Date of accident**   | **Aircraft crashed**   | **IAF Personnel killed**   | **Civilian injured**   | **Amount paid**  **(in Rs.)**   |
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------|
| **12.02.2013**         | **MiG-27**             | **--**                     | **01**                 | **5,000**                       |
| **15.07.2013**         | **MiG-21**             | **01**                     | **--**                 | **10,00,000**                   |
| **27.05.2014**         | **MiG-21**             | **01**                     | **--**                 | **10,00,000**                   |

**(d) & (e):** **Every IAF aircraft accident / incident is thoroughly investigated by a Court of Inquiry (CoI) to ascertain the cause of accident and the recommendations of the completed Court of Inquiry are implemented.  Various preventive measures like invigoration of Aviation Safety Organization, streamlining of accident reporting procedure, analytical studies and quality audits of the aircraft fleets to identify vulnerable areas have been taken to reduce aircraft accidents.  Accident prevention programmes have also been given an added thrust to identify risk prone / hazardous areas specific to the aircraft fleets and operational environment to ensure safe practice / procedures.**

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