New Delhi: Rejecting reports that a technical glitch led to the rather unique crash of a Su 30 MKI fighter in October in which both pilots had ejected while the aircraft was on landing approach, the Russian side has said that after an investigation, no defect has been found and that the incident occurred due to a pilot error. Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin has said that a joint investigation by Indian and Russian experts did not find any glitch with the Russian technology on board and said that the fault was `human'. "I do not want to say that it was a human error but the fact is that it was a human error and the fighters are now flying again," Kadakin said in response to a question by the India Today.Sources said that the fact that the entire fleet of Sukhoi 30 fighters, which was grounded for three weeks following the crash in which the pilots said they had been ejected automatically from the plane while on approach, if flying again with no technical changes or tweaks also indicates that no fault was found after extensive checks as well as examination of flight data.
08/12/14 India Today
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08/12/14 India Today
