New Delhi: Accidents involving fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force in 2012-13 were caused due to "technical defects" and "human error", according to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General. The number of such mishaps were considerably higher than in the past, says the government auditor.
The CAG report says there were as many as 33 accidents in which 27 pilots lost their lives in the period that was audited.
These accidents happened, the report says, because the Air Force could no longer train its pilots properly - it didn't have the full complement of basic trainer's aircraft, intermediate and advanced jet trainers and even simulators.
The report also says that the Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) - a defense public sector unit - has been trying to develop a trainer aircraft for the Air Force for the last 14 years. Its inability to produce an aircraft has "adversely affected the stage-II training of pilots" - when they graduate to fly in supersonic speed, the auditor has observed.
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The CAG report says there were as many as 33 accidents in which 27 pilots lost their lives in the period that was audited.
These accidents happened, the report says, because the Air Force could no longer train its pilots properly - it didn't have the full complement of basic trainer's aircraft, intermediate and advanced jet trainers and even simulators.
The report also says that the Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) - a defense public sector unit - has been trying to develop a trainer aircraft for the Air Force for the last 14 years. Its inability to produce an aircraft has "adversely affected the stage-II training of pilots" - when they graduate to fly in supersonic speed, the auditor has observed.
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