Plane crashes in Bharat, 2017 - 2022 report

Of the 34 plane crashes that the Indian Air Force (IAF) suffered between 2017 and 2022, more than 50 percent were due to human error

Report prepared by the Standing committee on Defence

the rate of accidents between 2017 and 2022—also known as the 13th Defence Plan period—had declined from a peak of 0.93 (2000-2005) to 0.27 (2017- 2022) and further to 0.20 (2020-2024).

The report put down several reasons for the crashes apart from human error, such as foreign object damage, technical defect, and bird strike.

air crew were killed in at least 10 of these crashes, while in 17, the pilots managed to safely eject from the malfunctioning aircraft.

The helicopter crash that killed General Rawat on 8 December, 2021 has been ruled a case of human error of the crew

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