Accidents in last 1 year
Earlier in January 2023, a pilot was killed in a collision between two fighter jets, a Sukhoi Su-30 and a Mirage 2000, during a training exercise. Bharatpur, Rajasthan,
While one jet crashed in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena, the other crashed in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur.
Earlier this week, an Indian Army helicopter crashed in Kishtwar area of Jammu and Kashmir.
Another disaster occurred in Kochi in April when a Coast Guard helicopter crashed while landing during a test. In March, a Navy chopper “skipped” after performing VVIP duty in Mumbai.
In October last year, two army helicopters had crashed in Arunachal Pradesh. On October 5, 2022, an Indian Army pilot died in an accident near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.