Lok Sabha Question No. 797 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Chartered Aircraft of BSF
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, K. ASHOK KUMAR, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.797

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  01 ST  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 11, 1937 (SAKA)

## CHARTERED AIRCRAFT OF BSF

797.

KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  a  chartered  aircraft  of  the  Border  Security  Force  (BSF) crashed near the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on 22 December, 2015 and all the BSF personnel on board

have been killed and if so, the details thereof;

- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  investigation  in  this regard and if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (c) whether it is fact that most of the aircrafts of the BSF's Air Wing are old  and  need  to  be  phased  out  and  if  so,  the  details  of  all  existing aircrafts being put into use by BSF with their date of manufacturing and induction into BSF;
- (d)  whether such aircrafts have been phased out in other parts of the world, but BSF is still using them and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  this  issue  was  raised  with  the  BSF  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the action taken in this regard along with the steps taken by the Government to provide new aircrafts to BSF?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

( a)  &  (b)    BSF  Air  Wing  aircraft  SKA  B-200  Registration  No.VT-BSA crashed  near  Indira  Gandhi  International  Airport,  New  Delhi  on  22 December  2015.  This  is  a  Civil  Registered  aircraft  governed  by  the DGCA Rules. All the passengers (06) and crew (04) on board succumbed to injuries due to the crash. The details are under:-

## LS.US.Q.NO.797 FOR 01.03.2016

- (i) Shri Bhagwati Prasad, Dy Comdt/ Pilot
- (ii) Shri Rajesh Shivrain, 2IC/Pilot
- (iii) Shri Dhirender Kumar, Jr AME/DC
- (iv) Shri Kishore Ranjan Rawat, Constable
- (Cabin Crew)
- (v) Shri Satya Narain Sharma, Inspector/SAM
- (vi) Shri Raghvendra Kumar Yadav, Inspector/SAM
- (vii) Shri Surender Singh Lingwal, Sub Inspector/ JAM
- (viii)  Shri Chhote Lal Sharma, Sub Inspector/JAM
- (ix) Shri Rabindra Kumar, Sub Inspector/ JAM
- (x) Shri Davendra Pal Chauhan,

## Assistant Sub Inspector/AAM

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has appointed a Committee of Inquiry on 28 December 2015 to investigate into the causes of accident (crash) of BSF SKA B-200 aircraft as per Aircraft Rules 2012.

(c) to (e)  Presently BSF Air Wing is operating and maintaining  03 Fixed Wing aircraft. The details are given below:-

## LS.US.Q.NO.797 FOR 01.03.2016

|   Sl No | Type Fixed   | of Registration No.   | Date of manufacture   | Date of induction   |
|---------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | HS-748 AVRO  | VT-EAT                | 21.01.74              | 16.04.91            |
|       2 | HS-748       | VT-EHL                | 08.03.82              | 14.06.82            |
|       3 | EMB-135 BJ   | VT-BSF                | 04.08.05              | 05.08.05            |

HS- 748 AVRO aircraft are still being flown by Indian Air Force and also in other parts of the world.

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