New Delhi: The ongoing investigation into the Mirage-2000 crash in Bengaluru last month, in which two
IAF test pilots were killed, indicate that the accident in all likelihood was caused by a technical snag in the
fighter that had been newly upgraded by defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).
“With the court of inquiry (CoI) yet to be finalised, a conclusive finding is not possible at this stage. But there is enough evidence to show pilot error was not the reason for accident. It is also reasonably clear that the arrester barriers at the end of the runway in the HAL airport failed to stop the fighter after its aborted take-off,” said a defence source on Wednesday.
Both HAL and IAF, on being contacted by TOI, refused to comment on the ground that the CoI was still in progress. Squadron Leaders Samir Abrol and Siddartha Negi, who were with the IAF’s Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment(ASTE), were undertaking “a user acceptance sortie” of the Mirage-2000 when the accident took place on February 1.
21/03/19 Times of India
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“With the court of inquiry (CoI) yet to be finalised, a conclusive finding is not possible at this stage. But there is enough evidence to show pilot error was not the reason for accident. It is also reasonably clear that the arrester barriers at the end of the runway in the HAL airport failed to stop the fighter after its aborted take-off,” said a defence source on Wednesday.
Both HAL and IAF, on being contacted by TOI, refused to comment on the ground that the CoI was still in progress. Squadron Leaders Samir Abrol and Siddartha Negi, who were with the IAF’s Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment(ASTE), were undertaking “a user acceptance sortie” of the Mirage-2000 when the accident took place on February 1.
21/03/19 Times of India
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