Crash of Fighter Planes

During the last three years (Financial Year 2008-2009 to 2010-2011) and current financial year 2011-12 (upto 11.08.2011), 26 fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) have crashed as given below :

Year	No. of fighter aircraft crashes
2008-09	08
2009-10	10
2010-11	06
2011-12 (upto 11.08.2011)	02

In these accidents, 6 service personnel and 6 civilians were killed. 25 civilians were also injured in these accidents. Apart from loss of aircraft, compensation is paid by the Government to the next of kin of the deceased service personnel and civilians, to injured civilians and towards civil property damage, as per extant Government instructions.

Accidents caused by human error have accounted for approximately 23% of accidents of fighter aircraft in the Indian Air Force during the last three years (FY 2008-09 to 2010-11). Various steps have been taken by the government to provide adequate training to pilots to prevent accidents due to human error. Some of these steps include increased used of simulators to practice procedures and emergency action, focused and realistic training with additional emphasis on the critical aspects of mission, introduction of Crew Resource Management and Operational Risk Management to enable safe mission launches, Aviation Psychology courses and introduction of Aerospace Safety capsules in the ab initio training of aircrew.

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