PHOTO: Guess What This Is…
This is India’s first ‘Formation Freefall Jump by Night’. Three Marine Commandos. What you see are their cyalumes (glowsticks). How they managed to keep with […]
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Accidents
Light Combat Helicopter Inaugural Flight To Be Low Key
The inaugural flight of India’s Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) will go ahead on schedule tomorrow morning, though the Defence Minister will not be chief guest
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Indian Navy Drone Crashes
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Navy crashed at about 7:30 PM Wednesday while on a routine mission. The accident occurred just short
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SARAS CRASH REPORT: Pratt & Whitney Partially To Blame, NAL & IAF Messed Up Too
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has published its final investigation report into the March 6, 2009 crash of the second Saras prototype
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Indian Coastguard Vessel Rammed, Sinks
Absolute and utter disaster. An Indian CoastGuard vessel, ICGS Vivek sank like a stone this afternoon minutes after being rammed by a Panamanian merchant vessel,
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EXCLUSIVE: India’s Deepak Basic Trainers To Get Ballistic Recovery System
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) wants to give its troubled HPT-32 Deepak basic propeller trainer aircraft a ballistic recovery system (BRS) — a capability that principally
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EXCLUSIVE: Ecuador Lesson Learned, HAL To Install Control Saturation Warning System on Dhruv
HAL was lucky that the investigation into the October 2009 Dhruv crash in Ecuador turned out to be a clear case of pilot error (excessive
Navy Loses Two Ace Pilots In Sagar Pawan’s First Crash
Commander Suresh Kumar Maurya and Lt Cdr Rahul Nair of the Sagar Pawan team died in the team’s first ever crash. Heartfelt condolences to the
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