New Delhi: A trainer aircraft crashed in Rae Bareli's IGRUA three years ago as the trainee pilot was busy taking pictures, an inquiry has shown with officials saying a large number of accidents involving helicopters and small planes were caused by human error.
There were 30 accidents involving helicopters and other aircraft in which 52 people were killed since 2011, with a large number being caused by human error, the officials said today.
While the enquiry reports on 10 of them are still awaited, 13 of the 20 were primarily caused by human error and four for technical reasons. Inclement weather was also a cause in a few of them, they said.
Official data showed that 11 accidents occurred in 2011, nine in 2012, eight in 2013 and two till March and in most of these cases, the choppers suffered substantial damage, apart from the 52 fatalities.
17/08/14 PTI/Economic Times
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There were 30 accidents involving helicopters and other aircraft in which 52 people were killed since 2011, with a large number being caused by human error, the officials said today.
While the enquiry reports on 10 of them are still awaited, 13 of the 20 were primarily caused by human error and four for technical reasons. Inclement weather was also a cause in a few of them, they said.
Official data showed that 11 accidents occurred in 2011, nine in 2012, eight in 2013 and two till March and in most of these cases, the choppers suffered substantial damage, apart from the 52 fatalities.
17/08/14 PTI/Economic Times
