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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 11th January 1952 |
 Indian A. F. |
Hindustan HT-2 trainer |
crashed from a spin during a test-flight made a maximum weight |
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| 31st March 1958 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-212 | 17 Sqdn | MAC during Aerobatics Practice Pilot ejected Palam | Flt Lt Harry Bhagat | Martin-Baker | |
| 31st March 1958 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-216 | 17 Sqdn | MAC during Aerobatics Practice Pilot ejected Palam | Flt Lt A B Lamba | Martin-Baker | |
| 1st June 1958 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 3 Sqdn | Ejected during exercise DNE | Fg Offr Sahni | S.N.C.A.S.O. | ||
| 10th April 1959 |
Indian A. F. |
Canberra | B | 106 Sqdn | Strayed into Pak SD By F86 BO at Rewal. Both Crew Ejected and were repatriated the next day. India Claimed that the Canberra Was on a Weather Mission | Sqn Ldr J C Sen Gupta |
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Martin-Baker |
| Navigator Flt Lt S N Rampal. | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 23rd September 1959 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-251 | 27 Sqdn | Aircraft suffered engine compressor failure. Engine failure Plt Ejected | Pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker | |
| 24th February 1960 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1069 | AATU | Pilot Ejected at 12000 ft - Kanpur | Flt Lt Padmanabha Ashoka |
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Folland |
| 19th March 1960 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1070 | 23 Sqdn | Engine failure Pilot ejected near Kanpur | Sqn Ldr S Raghavendran |
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Folland |
| 4th June 1960 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1063 | AATU | Engine Flame Out | Sqn Ldr A Sudhakaran Late Ejection - killed |
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Folland |
| 19th January 1961 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | Engine flame out after TO from Jamnagar | Flt Lt K S S Kalsia - Killed |
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Martin-Baker | ||
| 17th May 1961 |
Indian A. F. |
Toofani(Dassault Ouragon) |
IC 870 |
2 Sqdn Halwara |
While doing aerobatics went into a flat spin and the a/c would not recover Took a decision to abandon at 8000ft | F/O K C Shekhar ejected around 3000ft - no injuries |
manual separation (checking whether M-B or SNCASO) |
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11th June 1961 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | N-161 | 300 Sqdn | Cr in Sea off Brawdy, Isle of Wight | Lt A G Jog | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th September 1961 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1111 | Engine flame, out crashed at Ambala | Pilot Flt Lt Thomas Andrew Kenneth Taylor Ejected |
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Folland | |
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1st January 1962 also seen as 12th June 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | HAL | Bangalore | HAL ProductionTest Pilot Flt Lt Jagat Lowe | Folland | ||
| 15th March 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-359 | 17 Sqdn | MAC with Hunter Poona - Jamnagar Ejected | Flt Lt K A Hariharan |
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Martin-Baker |
| 15th March 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 17 Sqdn | MAC with Hunter Poona-Jamnagar | Flt. Lt. K. S. Vohra ejected Injured | Martin-Baker | ||
| 24th July 1962 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | IA-1313 | 3 Sqdn | Pilot was doing Air Combat training with another Mystere when the aircraft flicked into an inverted spin. Pilot was unable to recover aircraft and had to eject quite close to the ground and survived. Aircraft was from Kalaikunda | Flt Lt C S Doraiswami | S.N.C.A.S.O. | |
| 18th May 1963 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1108 | Folland | ||||
| 21st December 1963 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21F | 28 Sqdn | MAC with another Mig 21 F near Ambala. | Sqn Ldr Malcolm S Dundas Wollen | |||
| 21st December 1963 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21F | 28 Sqdn | MAC with another Mig 21 F near Ambala. | Sqn Ldr Arun Kanti Mukherjee |
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| 6th January 1964 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | 300 Sqdn | Lt D K Yadav | Martin-Baker | |||
| 7th September 1964 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IN-162 | 23 Sqdn | TO from Santa Cruz - Pilot Ejected 1600 Hrs | Folland | ||
| 20th September 1964 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-345 | 14 Sqdn | Engine flameout - Pt Ejected Date 15-30 Sep | Fg Offr K S Sahwney | Martin-Baker | |
| 2nd January 1965 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | S./LT A.D.Bansod ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 12th April 1965 |
India A. F. |
Gnat Mk.1 | E-1204 | 2 Sqdn | Ac overshot runway | Flight Lieutenant P. Singh | Folland | |
| 25th May 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | Flt. Lt. V. Pais ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 6th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-289 | 7 Sqn | Shot down by F-86 near Halwara | Fg Offr Prakash S Pingale ejected |
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Martin-Baker |
| 6th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-251 | 7 Sqn | shot down over Halwara, India | Fg Offr Adi Rustom Gandhi ejected |
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Martin-Baker |
| 7th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 1 Sqdn | Failed to return from raid on Sargodha | Sqn Ldr Ajamada B Devayya |
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S.N.C.A.S.O. | |
| 7th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-330 | 27 Sqn | Booster Pump Failurenear Sargodha | Sqn Ldr Onkar Nath . Kackar ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 7 Sqn | AAA Shotdown ground fire near Lahore. Pt POW | Fg Offr Mohinder Vir Singh ejected (POW) | Martin-Baker | ||
| 8th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | Pilot ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 8th or 10th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 31 Sqdn | hit by ground fireAA Fire ejected in enemy territory. Walked back | Flg. Off. D. P. Chinoy ejected in Pakistan, escaped to India | SNCASO | ||
| 9th or 11th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 32 Sqdn | hit by ground fire | Flt. Lt. I. F. Hussain ejected in Pakistan, escaped to India | SNCASO | ||
| 13th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat Mk.1 | 2 Sqn | SD by Flt Lt Yusuf Khan, F-86 | Flt Lt A N Kale | Folland | ||
| 13th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 8 Sqn | AAA Lahore | Flt Lt L Sadarangani Lal ejected (POW) | SNCASO | ||
| 14th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1206 | Crashed into Ground during egress | Sqn Ldr N K Malik - killed |
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Folland | |
15th September
1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-207 | 27 Sqdn | Birdhit on TO from Halwara - | Flt Lt Thapen Kumar "Chau" Chaudhuri ejected successfully but was blown back onto the burning wreckage |
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Martin-Baker |
| 19th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | 9 Sqdn | Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore | Fg Offr Vijay Mayadev | Folland | ||
| 20th September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 7 Sqdn | combat in Taran Taran, Pakistan Shotdown by F-86 near Lahore | Flt Lt S. K. Sharma ejected | Martin-Baker | ||
| 21st September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Canberra B(I) 58 | IF-970 | 5 Sqn | Shotdown by F-104. | Pilot Flg. Off. M. M. Lowe ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| Nav Fg Off K K Kapur Killed |
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| 22nd September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 20 Sqn | AAA Lahore | Flt. Lt. K. C. Cariappa ejected (POW) | Martin-Baker | ||
| 22nd September 1965 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | IA-1339 | 3 Sqn | Own AAA Lahore | Flt Lt P R Ramchandani. Pilot died of wounds |
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SNCASO |
| 29th March 1966 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. Y. M. Bhide | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 27th September 1966 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. A. Sinha | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 1st January 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | ASTE | Srinagar | Flt Lt A S Lamba | Folland | ||
| 1st June 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | 24 Sqdn | Flame out after TO from Kalaikunda | Flt Lt P C Prasad | Folland | ||
| 1st August 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | 10 Sqdn | Lost way BO Jamnagar after Fuel went out DNE By error of Navigation could not find airfield ejected Date Not Exact | Wg Cdr V Krishnamurthy | Martin-Baker | ||
| 26th October 1967 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | Eng Flame out during practice dogfight pkt | Flt Lt Satwant Singh | Folland | |||
| 8th April 1968 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | ASTE | Ejected over Kanpur | Flt Lt I J S Sandhu | Martin-Baker | ||
| 1st January 1969 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7U | At Bareilly | Wg CdrKoko Sen | Date Incorre | |||
| Flt Lt Bamzai | ||||||||
| 20th August 1969 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | Lt. Kanjilal | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 10th January 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | HAL Industries | Cockpit Canopy unlocked during TO. Canopy failed to separate from aircraft failing to arm the ejection seat. Explosive cartridge problem was suggested at the time | Gp Capt Suranjan Das was unable to eject |
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Folland | |
| 17th January 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | IE-1202 | ejected safely after malfunctions | Flt Lt K De | Folland | ||
| 21st August 1970 | IAF | Gnat | 9 Sqn Halwara Air Force Base |
Aircraft caught fire while flying over Saharan Majra village, 35 km from Raikot | Flg.
Off. Kuldip
Singh Johal did not eject in effort to avoid village |
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1st
November 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | 27 Sqdn | Birdhit during TO Hindon Ejected | Wg Cdr M N Singh | Dte Not Exact | ||
| 19th December 1970 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter T.66 | S-575 | 20 Sqdn | flame out on practise go arounds Ejected Hindon AFB at 200' AGL. | Sqn Ldr F J Mehta ejected at low level | Martin-Baker | |
| Fg Off K K Bakshi ejected at low level | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 4th February 1971 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. M. Bhada | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 21st July 1971 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. T. K. Pal | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 221 Sqdn | SD AA Fire over Tejgaon, Pilot POW. | Sqn LdrV Bhutani | |||
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Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 14 Sqdn | Shot down near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre. |
Sqn Ldr K D Mehra
ejected. Sustained injuries that grounded him from further flying. photo via Bharat Mehra |
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Martin-Baker | ||
| On 13th May 1992 during a simulated 2 vs 1 combat mission Sqn Ldr K D Mehra's son, Fg. Offr. Bharat Mehra, had to eject. | ||||||||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 14 Sqdn | SD near Tejgaon by F-86 Sabre. | Flt Lt K C Tremenhere | Martin-Baker | ||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-287 | 7 Sqdn | Dam AAA Fire Ejected at base at Baghdogra | Sqn Ldr S K Gupta | Martin-Baker | |
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 101 Sqdn | AAA Dam Ejected Tac Supp Ejected | Flt Lt Gurdip Singh | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 108 Sqdn | AAA Dam Ejected Tac Supp Ejected | Flt Lt D R Natu | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | Sqdn222 | SA fire 1728 Hrs Ejected in Pak Terr - Suleimanke | Flt Lt P N Saxena | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 32 Sqdn | AAA Fire 1400 Hours at Shorkot | Flt Lt M S Grewal | |||
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F |
Hunter F56a | A-479 | 27 Sqdn | Shotdown by F-6 near Mianwali | Fg Offr Vidyadhar Chati | Martin-Baker | |
| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | D-1193 | 220 Sqdn | Shotdown by AA Dharnaro RS Nayachor | Flt Lt Pradeep Vinayak Apte |
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| 4th December 1971 |
Indian A. F |
HF-24 Marut | 220 Sqdn | Shotdown by AA | Flt Lt J L Bharghava | Martin-Baker | ||
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5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | IA-954 | 3 Sqdn | SD AAA 0715 Hrs Bhawalnagar | Flt Lt Aditya Vikram Pethia | ||
| 5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56a | A-1014 | 20 Sqdn | SD MirageIIIs | Sqn Ldr Jal Manikya Mistry |
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Martin-Baker |
| 5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | C-764 | 29 Sqdn | Shot own by AAA also reported as shot down by Flt Lt M Amir (PAF) flying an F-86 while acting as wingman on a mission sweep over Pakistan1530 Hrs Suliemanke |
Flt Lt Harish
Sinhji* ejected |
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KM-1 |
| *Flt Lt Harish Sinhji was originally listed as MIA but later reported as a POW. He returned to India when IAF and other Indian POWs were released in December 1972 | ||||||||
| FEEDBACK |
As feedback, the ejection on 5
dec 1971 C764 was of Flt. Lt. Harish Sinhji. The foresaid is the correct
spelling. Regards,
Vikram
Sinhji |
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| 5th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | B-891 | 26 Sqdn | SD AAA 1555 Hrs Lahore | Sqn Ldr Dhirendra Singh Jafa | ||
| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 4 Sqdn | AAA fire damage, ran out of fuel. Gauhati | Sqn Ldr Dopey Rao | |||
| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | B-854 | 222 Sqdn | SD AAA 1025 Hrs Jassar Bridge Dera Baba Nanak | Fg Offr K C Kuruvilla |
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| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 101 Sqdn | SD 1225 Hrs. Chamb | Flt Lt J K Bhattacharya | |||
| 6th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | Engine Failure over Haveli | S.N.C.A.S.O. | ||||
| 7th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | 14 Sqdn | Ran out of fuel at Dum Dum | Pilot Ejected | Martin-Baker | ||
| 8th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-329 | 7 Sqdn | SD over Hasilpur 120 Hrs0 | Wg Cdr B A Coelho | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 FL | No.45 Squadron Pathankot | Pakistan AAA in the Chamb area | Sqn Ldr Denzil Joseph Keelor VrC. ejected spine was injured |
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KM-1 | |
| 8th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | SD near Haveli | Sqn Ldr A V Kamat | S.N.C.A.S.O. | |||
| 9th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | BD-859 | 10 Sqdn | SD AAA Kotri near Hyderabad | Martin-Baker | ||
| 10th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-275 | 14 Sqdn | Engine flamed out flying over Hilli region in East Pakistan |
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Martin-Baker | |
| SD Narayanganj Ejected | Sqn Ldr R C Sachdeva ejected from the aircraft but was killed | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 10th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | SD AAA Lal Munir Hat. | Pt Ejected Rescued | Martin-Baker | |||
| 10th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | 26 Sqdn | SD AAA Zafarwal Area | Flt Lt Dilip Kumar Parulkar VM | |||
| 12th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 28 Sqdn | AAA Dam Ejected on way to Agartala | Sqn Ldr K J S Gill | |||
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13th December 1971 |
Indian A. F |
Mystere IVa | IA-1331 | 3 Squadron | shot down by AA fire on a photorecce sortie over the Fazilka area. | Sqn Ldr J D Kumar tried to eject but was killed |
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SNCASO OR Martin-Baker |
| 14th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Gnat | E-257 | 18 Sqdn | SD by F-86 Srinagar 0750 Hrs | Fg Offr Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon | ||
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Fg Offr Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon - Ejection on 14 Dec 1971. He was
the first and the only awardee of highest Indian gallantry award - Param Vir Chakra (PVC), posthumously. |
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| 17th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | C-716 | 29 Sqdn | SD by F-86 over Pasrur | Flt Lt Tejwant Singh | ||
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17th December 1971 |
Indian A. F. |
Mystere IVa | 3 Sqdn | engine flame out near Haveli | S.N.C.A.S.O. | |||
| 28th April 1972 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. V.K.Bhatnagar | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 23rd September 1972 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. S. Mehta | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 21st October 1972 |
IAF |
Gnat Mk I | E-304 | No. 21 Squadron | Ran out of gas -engine flamed out |
Flt Lt George K Naliyan ejected safely near the airfield |
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Folland |
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1st
December 1972 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 3 Sqdn | Bird HIt | Pilot nickname was 'Oz' ejected DNE | |||
| 23rd July 1973 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter F56 | BA-324 | 7 Sqdn | Eng Fail during Approach KKD Sofat | Ejected | Martin-Baker | |
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1st August
1973 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 3 Sqdn | DNE - Bird hit at Hindon, Ejected | Sqn Ldr Jasjit Singh VrC | |||
| 1st June 1974 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21MF | 7 Sqdn | Flameout at Chandigarh, | Fg Offr Thapa ejected after DNE | Date Not Exact | ||
| 17th December 1974 |
Ind N |
Sea Hawk | Lt. S. Singh | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 25th February 1975 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | 3 Sqdn | AC caught fire/ Pilots rescued by chopper flown by Sqn Ldr Manjit Singh Sekhon, who was awarded the Shaurya Chakra for the mission. | ||||
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1st April
1975 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 28 Sqdn | Eng Flame out Bird Hit on TO Tezpur | Flt Lt Partha Das Gupta VrC ejected but killed | Type-77 ejection seat had a minimum ejection height of 110 | ||
| 4th March 1976 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Hawk | IN-241 | 300 Sqdn | Rolled off deck of INS Vikrant. Pt Ejected U/W | Cdr P A Debrass | Martin-Baker | |
| 10th June 1976 |
Indian A. F. |
Iskra TS-11 | W-1762 | FTW | failed to recover from spin | Sqn Ldr J. Thomas Ejected | ||
| 10th June 1976 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter T66 | OCU | Khalid | Martin-Baker | |||
| Arun | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 11th November 1976 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | Practice flypast/Ejected over Ambala. Engine Flameout Aircraft crashed in Ambala Cantonment area. | Flt Lt Gehlot | Date Not Exact | |||
| Monday 26th March 1979 | Indian Air Force | MiG-21FL | C-761 | 30 Squadron | Fire in the engine | Flight Lieutenant
Ashok D Chhibbar ejected |
 photo;
Ashok D Chhibbar
Air Commodore (Retd)
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MiG SK-1 or KM-1 [to confirm] |
| 7th June 1979 |
Ind N |
Kiran | Lt. Cdr. S.P.Singh | Martin-Baker | ||||
| Lt. M. S. Mamik | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 22nd September 1979 | Ind AF | Marut | Sqn. Ldr. S.C. Batra | |||||
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25th January 1980 |
Indian A. F. |
Unidentified | Midnapore 30 km at Salbani Pt BO | |||||
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24th
October 1980 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | Bird Hit aircraft then crashed in Delhi | Fg Offr K C Kuruvilla |
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| K C Kuruvilla also ejected from IAF Sukhoi's on 6th December 1971, and in 1982. This makes him one of, if not the only person, to have safely ejected three times from an Su-7 | ||||||||
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1982 -
exact date needed |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | B-854 | 222 Sqdn | Bird Hit aircraft then crashed in Delhi | Fg Offr K C Kuruvilla |
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| K C Kuruvilla also ejected from IAF Sukhoi's on 6th December 1971, and 24th October 1980. This makes him one of, if not the only person, to have safely ejected three times from an Su-7 | ||||||||
| 10th February 1982 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | Flg. Off. S. Mohan | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 22nd April 1982 |
 RAF |
Jet Provost T4 | XP564 | 1TWU | Throttle linkage failed. Crashed near Nant‑Y‑Moch Reservoir | |||
| Flight Lieutenant D M McIntyre ejected |
Commander Arun Prakash ejected |
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| Commander Prakash also had baled out of Vampire FB 52 in 1967 | ||||||||
| 5th May 1982 |
Indian A. F. |
HF-24 Marut | Jodhpur Basani Indl Area Pt BO | Sqn. Ldr. S. N. Garg | Martin-Baker | |||
| 1st June 1982 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | DNE Ejected after Engine fire | Gp CaptK N Pillai | ||||
| 9th August 1982 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | IN-056 | 551 Sqdn | Cr in sea after TO from Dabolim | Lt M K Mishra | Martin-Baker | |
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29th October
1982 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | U-553 | 7 Sqdn | Bird Hit after TO from Knpur to | Flt Lt R M Arora | ||
| KKD Sandy Ejected | ||||||||
| 15th November 1982 |
Indian A. F. |
Sukhoi-7 | Cr Manmad after TO from Lohegan Pt BO | Flt Lt Ravish Malhotra |
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| 1st June 1984 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Flt Lt Stephen | ||||
| Flt Cdt Shankar Krishnamurthy | Date not exact - only year is confirmed as 1984 | |||||||
| 1st September 1984 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | From Dundigal DNE | Flt Cdt Vinod Sivaraman | Date not exact - only year is confirmed as 1984 | ||
| 20th October 1984 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran | P.O N.Singh | |||||
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1st December 1984 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | FTW | Jamnagar range during Armament Practice | Plt Offr O M Nirmal Kumar | Martin-Baker | ||
| 26th February 1986 |
Indian A. F. |
Ajeet | 2 Sqdn | Engine Flameout DDK Range | Air Cmde T K Sen | Martin-Baker | ||
| 22nd August 1986 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Cr Bijleepore Vill | Flt Lt V S Sidgar | Martin-Baker | ||
| Flt Cdt KS Rao | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 9th January 1987 |
Indian A. F. |
Ajeet | 2 Sqdn | DNE Ac Rolling to right on finals -Ejt KKD | Fg OffrR Radhish | Martin-Baker | ||
| 4th June 1987 |
Indian A. F. |
Unidentified | Asohi Vill Kutch dist pt BO | |||||
| 1st November 1987 |
Ind AF |
Kiran | Cadet V. Saxena | Martin-Baker | ||||
| Sqn. Ldr. A. J. S. Sandhu | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 1st March 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
Ajeet | 2 Sqdn | Engine Flamed out | Fg Offr T J A Khan | Martin-Baker | ||
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5th April 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | Cr Asnabani Vill Midnapore dist | Wg Cdr Daljit Singh Minhas ejected at low level - parachute did not open - killed |
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Martin-Baker | ||
| 27 June 1988 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier T.61 | IN-652 | 300 Sqdn | Chengalpattu dist | ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| ejected | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 30th August 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
Unidentified | Kalaikonda Midnapore Pt Killed after BO | |||||
| 24th September 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | HAL | Cr in field Pimplegaon 100 km fm Nasik | Wg Cdr Rakesh Sharma AC | |||
| 27th September 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Narsapore Pt BO | Flt Cdt V S N Murthy | Martin-Baker | ||
| 1st November 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23UM | Bhatinda Village Pt BO | KM-1 | ||||
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5th November 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
Unidentified | Cr Muzafarnagar to Barriely Pt BO | |||||
| 8th November 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | C-2798 | 17 Sqdn | Cr Delhi Nazafgarh during flypast 4 k on ground | Sqn Ldr R Malhotra | ||
|
2nd December 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Mid air collision 1 k on ground | Sqn Ldr H N Manerikar | ||||
| 2nd December 1988 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Mid Air Collison over Chabua Guwahati | |||||
|
MAC over Chabua, Gauhati-on 02 Dec 1988. The aircraft was Hunter,
and not MiG 21, and the other pilot was Sqn Ldr S Dev. Sqn Ldr HN Manerikar lost his life due to collision. |
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| 4th March 1989 |
Indian A. F. |
(MiG 21 ?) | Technical problems. Attempted a forced landing. Crashed near Jamnager airfield, India | pilot ejected | ||||
| 15th April 1989 |
Indian A. F. |
Ajeet | 2 Sqdn | I NAVY Cr L a/c in unpopulated area Got SC | Lt Uday Kumar Sondhi | Martin-Baker | ||
| 18th April 1989 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG 21 Fishbed | Adampur Air Base |
crashed near Jullunder
after an in-flight fire |
pilot ejected safely | |||
| 10th May 1989 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | 3 Sqdn | BO Engine flame out at Jaisalmer | Wg Cdr R K Ghosh | |||
| 17th May 1989 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23 | Bodakdev Vill Ahmedabad | Sqn Ldr Pradeep Singh | KM-1 | |||
| 10th November 1989 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | 4 km from adampur Kathania Vill | Sqn Ldr B V K Reddy | ||||
| 16th November 1989 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Medak dist CAG report says fatality occurred due to non functioning of the newly installed Canopy escape system | Martin-Baker | |||
| 1st March 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Fm Hindon AFB Cr on Meerut Highway 11 Killed | KM-1 | ||||
| 30th March 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | ASTE | Ojhar AFB Nasik Cr after TO | Gp Capt A V Avlekar | KM-1 | ||
| 9th April 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
Unidentified | Kagachia Vill Midnapore fm Kalaikonda 3 k on gd | |||||
| 24th May 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
Unidentified | Jamnagar AFB Tathia vill | |||||
| 1st August 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 16 Sqdn | MAC with Jag Gorakhpur | Martin-Baker | |||
| 1st August 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 16 Sqdn | MAC with Jag Gorakhpur | Martin-Baker | |||
|
1st December 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Cr 5 km fm Narsapur | Flt Cdt Gurpreet Singh | Martin-Baker | ||
| 28 December 1990 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Tezpur Cr Rota Darrang dist | |||||
| 10th January 1991 |
Indian A. F. |
Canberra | Cr Bhaderakhera Vill | Sqn Ldr Subhash Mohan killed | Martin-Baker | |||
| Wg Cdr Rao also killed | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 1st March 1991 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | 4 Sqdn | DNE - Hit hill on approach at Jaisalmer | Fg Offr Sikka | |||
| 19th July 1991 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | 8 Sqdn | Cr after TO frm Baghdogra | Plt OffrR Ahmed | |||
| 7th August 1991 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | From Ambala | Fg OffrS S Rana | ||||
| 10th August 1991 |
Indian A. F. |
Hunter | 20 | Cr in Midnapore Dist fm Kalaikonda | Martin-Baker | |||
| 25th August 1991 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 16 Sqdn | Gorakhpur AFB Pilot Killed Check Pilot and report | Fg Offr Rana | Martin-Baker | ||
| 10th September 1991 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | 2 Sqdn | Pilot blacked out during aerobatics. Aircraft went into spin. Ejected in Spin. TO from KKD | Fg Offr H R S Sarma | KM-1 | ||
| 3rd April 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | 221 Sqdn | Engine flame out after firing of cannon. Pukdari Vill Pali dist Jodhpr AFS pt bo | Sqn Ldr Dhananjay Khote | KM-1 | ||
| 23rd April 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | FIS | Tambaram AFS Cr thiroppur Pts BO | ejected | Martin-Baker | ||
| ejected | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 26th April 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Simolodenga N Lakhimpur Pt BO | |||||
| 29 April 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
Unidentified | Chegalpatt Dist Alandur | |||||
| 13th May 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 Bis | Mathania Vill near Jodhpur AFS while in a simulated 2 vs 1 combat mission | Fg. Offr. Bharat Mehra hit his head during seat separation and knocked unconscious. | KM-1M | |||
| On 4th December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistan War Fg. Offr. Mehra's father, Sqn Ldr K D Mehra, ejected. | ||||||||
| 4th June 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | cr rahibal morigaon dist fm tezpur AFS | |||||
| 9th June 1992 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier | IN-619 | 300 Sqdn | Martin-Baker | |||
|
21st July 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
Iskra TS-11 | W-1750 | FTW | Cr vadapary vill Hakimpet AFS | Wg Cdr D V Singh | ||
| 10th September 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23 | Atti vill julundur Adampur AFS | Fg Offr V S Dagar | KM-1 | |||
| 11th September 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Bidar AFS Cr Nizamabad Dist | Martin-Baker | |||
| 25th September 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis |
 3 Sqdn Leh AFB |
A demonstration low level flight for the press at Leh. Aircraft was taking a turn thru a valley. Crashed during the approach due to a combination of rarefied air and sluggish engine response | Flt Lt Ranjit P. Damle ejected on impact. Chute failed to deploy in Rarefied Air. Died of injuries at crash scene |
 photo : Damle family |
KM-1 | |
| 3rd December 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | padumari Vill Tezpur Dist | |||||
| 9th December 1992 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier | IN-612 | 300 Sqdn | Martin-Baker | |||
| 15th December 1992 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | 4 Sqdn | G-LOC during Spin over Uttarlai | Fg Offr Kuttappa | Date Not Exact | ||
| 20th March 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23 | Aircraft Canopy detached in flight.Charaj ka dani Jodhpur AFS | Flt Lt V S Rawat | KM-1 | |||
| 15th April 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | 32 Sqdn | AOC 32 Wing and OC 32 Sqn flying the MiG. Engine Flamed out in takeoff mode, failure to initiate early ejection resulted in death of both pilots. One of pilots ejected at 10m AGL and died on hitting a rock. | Air Cmde Sanjiv Sahai | |||
| W/C P G Malvi OC Killed Lndg Jodhpur AFS | ||||||||
| 27th April 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Rajasansi AFS Amritsar Tyre Burst on Ldg | |||||
| 29th April 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
Iskra TS-11 | W-1775 | FTW | Cr Hakimpet near Turkapally Lech Budzisz ejected | Civ Tadeusz Czekajlo | ||
| 2nd May 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Bidar Cr at narayankhed killed. | Flt Cdt U B Umrani | Martin-Baker | ||
| 26th June 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Cr bhind Dist on Army Camp 4 K on Gd | Fg OffrP Handa | ||||
| 5th August 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Kalaikonda | KM-1 | ||||
| 25th August 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Cr near Jamnagar | |||||
| 8th September 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | Cr near Halwara, Ludhiana | Sqn LdrRavindranath Rajagopal* | KM-1 | |||
| 30th September 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Cr near Nalia AFS Kutch | |||||
| 22nd November 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | JS-120 | Carried out planned ejection following double hydraulic services Failure and failure of landing gear to come down 12 Km North East of Ambala airfield. Crashed Naraingarh Ambala Dist Pt BO | Fg Off Puneet Pareek | Martin-Baker | ||
| 2nd December 1993 |
Indian A. F. |
Iskra TS-11 | W-1751 | FTW | Spin recovery failure Hakimpet | Civ Miroslaw Golebiowski | ||
| Co-P Witold Sar k | ||||||||
| 15th January 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | HashimaraAFS Cr 80km away | KM-1 | ||||
| 27 January 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
Mirage 2000 | Maharajpur AFS GWALIOR cr in fld | |||||
| 9th February 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-29 | 28 Sqdn | Tail broke off in a 3.5G maneuver Cr jejuri 45 km from Lohegaon Pt BO | Sqn Ldr Ajay Singh ejected safely | |||
| 14th February 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | 8 Sqdn | Baghdogra AF Cr on runway on lndg | Plt Offr A Negi | |||
| 21st February 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | Cr Dekurgaon Central Assam | Plt Offr P P Upendra | ||||
| 25th February 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | U-752 | AFA | Nosegear Collapse during Ldg at AFA acwo | Martin-Baker | ||
| 1st March 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | 37 Sqdn | During Exercise Akashdeep in Feb-Mar 94 DNE - caught fire due to fuel leak on runway | ||||
| 10th March 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | During Exercise Akashdeep in Feb-Mar 94 DNE - Crashed on Runway at Ambala Pilot Killed | |||||
| 15th March 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | During Exercise Akashdeep in Feb-Mar 94 DNE - Hit a hill over Pathankot - Pilot Killed | |||||
| 17th March 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | U-766 | ASTE | Cr 11 km from Hosur TN | Sqn Ldr R Nambiar | Martin-Baker | |
| Sqn Ldr A Sharma BO | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 29th March 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG 21 Bis |
Canopy failure at high speed.during Ex Trishul. Crashed at Ambala, India |
Sqn Ldr Pawan Arora ejected |
 |
KM-1 | ||
| 1st June 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IT | control restriction caused by a card board box placed on the rear cockpit seat. DNE Cr Gorakhpur | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 2nd August 1994 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier T.61 | 300 Sqdn | INAS Dabolim | CdrK M Karnik | Martin-Baker | ||
| Cdr Rana Killed | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 3rd August 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-25R | KP-356 | 102 Sqdn | Cr bareilly while landing | KM-1 | ||
| 11th August 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | C-2217 | systems failure | Pilot ejected | |||
| 19th August 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | TS-593 | NA engine flame out Kalaikonda AFS Cr Maitigaon Midnapr | pilot ejected | KM-1 | ||
| 18th October 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | 101 Sqdn | From Sirsa Cr | Fg Offr Pankaj Ahluwalia | |||
| 12th December 1994 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | C-2277 | Rolled over on landing and Cat2 Damage. | ||||
|
6th January 1995 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | C-2251 | Flameout after birdhit | Pilot Ejected | |||
| 9th June 1995 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | C-1666 | pilot ejected | ||||
|
25th June 1995 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | JS-161 | Cr while landing at Gorakhpur after Tailchute dep | Flt Lt Chauhan | Martin-Baker | ||
| 26th December 1995 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | The two MiGs crashed in Hoshiarpur District. The Collision occurred over Painsra Village nearl Malhapur Police station | pilot ejected | KM-1 | |||
| 26th December 1995 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23UM | The two MiGs crashed in Hoshiarpur District. The Collision occurred over Painsra Village nearl Malhapur Police station | pilot ejected | KM-1 | |||
| pilot ejected | KM-1 | |||||||
| 8th February 1996 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier | IN-620 | 300 Sqdn | From Goa - missing during night flying over sea | Lt Arun Poonia | Martin-Baker | |
| 16th February 1996 |
IAF |
Jaguar IS | 167 | 16 Sqn (Cobras) | Flight test after an engine mod. Crashed 10 mins after t/o due to an engine fire at Kurmi Village,Gorakhpur |
Flt Lt Navneet Raina ejected |
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Martin-Baker |
| 13th March 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Crashed in Jalandhar area, Punjab, after it stopped responding to controls due to an engine malfunction soon after takeoff from Adampur air baseFrom Adampur, Cr nr Jalandhar | pilot ejected safely | ||||
| 4th April 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | MOFTU | Tejpur during landing phase. |
Wg Cdr N K Rao
The seat-man separation and not take place and the pilot was found dead in the seat in the semi closed capsule |
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| 5th June 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23 | unspecified technical fault and began to lose height on the outskirts of Jodhpur Cr Outskirts of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. | pilot ejected safely | KM-1 | |||
| 18th July 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Engine Failure Cr near Salempur | Pt Ejected | ||||
| 13th August 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | JS-167 | Cr after TO from Ambala | Martin-Baker | |||
| 9th October 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | cr 2 miles (3km) from Zikarpur, Punjab, after the aircraft began to disintegrate following sudden engine failure on approach to land after a combat training exercise | pilot ejected safely | ||||
| 17th October 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Cr Noriati Sonitpur | Pt Ejected | ||||
| 4th November 1996 | Indian Air Force | Kiran HJT-16 | AFA |
|
Cadet Bismi Devassy |
 |
Martin - Baker | |
| 21st January 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-29 | KB-738 | 28 Sqdn |
|
Air Cmde C D Chandrasekhar* | K-36 | |
| 29 January 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | 108 km from Pathankot | |||||
| 26th February 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | JT- 066 | total electrical failure and engine flame out near Uttarlai airfield. 3.23 M from Uttarlai Tech Defect | Flt Lt Puneet K Pareek ejected at 200 feet | Martin-Baker | ||
| Flt Lt M Panging ejected at 200 feet | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 26 Feb 1997 Jaguar JT- 066 Flt Lt PK Pareek and Flt Lt M Panging ejected at 200 feet following total electrical failure and engine flame out near Uttarlai airfield. | ||||||||
| 9th March 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23MF | 33km from Halwara Human Error | KM-1 | ||||
| 25th April 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | Bidar Mk 1a | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 8th May 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23MF | 26km from Halwara Tech Defect | KM-1 | ||||
|
9th June 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | Chursoo village, Pulwama district, South Kashmir, around 0940 hrs following birdstrike | Fg Offr Tofkar ejected | ||||
| 21st June 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 52 Sqdn | MACW Mig after TO frm Chabua | ||||
| 21st June 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | 52 Sqdn | MACW MiG Chbua Both Pts Killed | ||||
| 2nd September 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | C-992 | T-77 Ambala Airfield HE | ||||
| 15th September 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | Bidar Mk1a Human error | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 17th September 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Bhuj Airfield Tech Defect | |||||
| 30th September 1997 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier | IN-611 | 300 Sqdn | About 25 minutes after take-off from Goa/Dabolim at 0755 hours, the pilot, Flt. Lt. Prakash, reported a technical problem but there was then no further contact with the aircraft | Lt TSS Prakash* | Martin-Baker | |
| 9th October 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | 220 Sqdn | 32km from Halwara | KM-1 | |||
| 10th November 1997 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Cr Alipurdaur West Bengal | Pilot ejected | KM-1 | |||
| 21st January 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | Cr outside Sirsa Engine Failure | |||||
| 21st March 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Cr near Chandigarh - MoD statement in LS | |||||
| 26th March 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Cr near Jaisalmer/Suratgarh MoD statement in LS | KM-1 | ||||
| 12th May 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | crashed into a shopping mall in the north of the country, killing four bystanders. The pilot ejected in mid-air over the city of Pathankot early on Tuesday after his fighter jet malfunctioned, sending the warplane plunging into a car showroom, the United Press Trust of Indian said. Four shoppers were burned alive in the crash | Wg Cdr A K Tewari | ||||
| 23rd May 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | Cr near Bidar MoD statement in LS | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 4th June 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Uttarlai Cr sodahkar vill | Fg Offr S Nerkar* | ||||
| 24th June 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Cr Suratgarh AF | |||||
| 27 July 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | rashed in the Balijan Tea Estate, Dibrugarth district, Assam | ejected | ||||
| ejected | ||||||||
| 14th August 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Cr Harrupia Village Barmer Dist. The Falling Debrs injured a passer by. The Aircraft developed a technical snag soon after take off and caught fire. | Fg Offr C G Trivedi | ||||
| 1st October 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | 220 Sqdn | Cr after TO from Halwara | Flt Lt Augustine | KM-1 | ||
| 28 October 1998 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | cr in forest 150 km Northwest of Calcutta. | Pilot ejected | KM-1 | |||
| 23rd November 1998 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier | 300 Sqdn | Cr in Indian Ocean Pt bo | Pilot rescued by British Boater in Indian Ocean | Martin-Baker | ||
| 2nd February 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | 220 Sqdn | TO fr Halwara , Cr Samana Sub Division | Fg Offr T R Sahu suffered only minor injuries after getting stuck in a eucalyptus tree after he ejected from the plane | KM-1 | ||
| 16th February 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IM | Pune Airfield, Overshot barrier on runway | Flt Lt Agarwal | Martin-Baker | |||
| 15th March 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | Dibrugarh, Assam | Pilot ejected | ||||
| Pilot ejected | ||||||||
| 16th March 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Nalia AFB Cr Kotadi Mahadevpura Vill | Fg OffrKuldip Singh | ||||
| 26th March 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | Cr Halwara TD | KM-1 | ||||
| 26th March 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Tolewala Bridge Sangrur | Fg Offr R Gupta | ||||
|
7th April 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Rajasansi AB Bird Hit | Fg Offr R D Singh | ||||
| 13th April 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | Rania Mandi, Sirsa AFB | Pilot ejected | ||||
| 13th May 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Nal | |||||
| 27th May 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | 9 Sqdn |
air strike
against the Islamic forces-
near
Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir Engine Flame out Kargil Sector Pt Ejected |
Flight
Lieutenant Nachiketa Rao ejected and captured by Pakistani Forces - POW Released from captivity on 4th June 1999 |
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KM-1 | |
| 27th May 1999 | Indian Air Force | MiG-21M | C-1539 | 17 Sqdn |
air strike
against the Islamic forces-
near
Kargil - Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir SD by Pak Army Anza Missile in Kargil Ops |
Sqn. Ldr.
Ajay Ahuja ejected and broke his left knee during the fall - killed on ground Body returned |
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KM-1 |
|
19th June 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Near Barmer, Eng failure due to Bird Strike | pilot not found | ||||
| 30th June 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | Changera and Killaur Villages, Patiala Dist, | Flt LtModak | Martin-Baker | |||
| 2nd July 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Cr returning from Pokran firing range in Rajasthan | Flt Lt Deepak Sharma* | ||||
| 18th August 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Srinagar AFB | Take Off from Srinagar AFB No.2 in a two aircraft take off. Pilot was too close to No.1 and lost control in the slipstream and crashed after take off. ATC called out for him to eject. No1 in the formation responded to the wrong call and ejected | Fg Offr G S Dhindsar | |||
| 18th August 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Srinagar AFB. | Take Off from Srinagar AFB No.1 in a two aircraft take off. Responded to a misguided 'Eject' Call given by the ATC to Fg Offr Dhindsar who was the No.2 | Flt Lt K S Deswal | |||
| 13th September 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Cr while Landing at Uttarlai | Pt Ejected | ||||
| 20th September 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 16 Sqdn | Gorakhpur Cr after TO | Pt Ejected | Martin-Baker | ||
| 1st October 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Bidar AFS Cr Ekalara Tanda Village | Flt Cdt Kiran Gangotri | Martin-Baker | ||
| 14th October 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | FTW | Hakimpet, Jagdevpur Medak | Fg Offr C Marathe* | Martin-Baker | ||
| 7th November 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 16 Sqdn | Chiduapur Vill Gorakhpur Dist | Pt Ejected | Martin-Baker | ||
| 8th December 1999 |
Indian NAVY |
Kiran HJT-16 | INS Dega | crashed near the Visakhapatnam Railyard |
Lt Cdr Sanjay Chitnis ejected |
Martin-Baker | ||
| Lt Cdr Sanjay Chitnis sent this link | ||||||||
| 15th December 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | Tezpur Pt Ejected. No Casualities on Ground | Sqn Ldr Gurcharan Arora | ||||
| 4th January 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Cr near Chandigarh | Fg Offr A Saini* | ||||
| 10th January 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Chandan Village, Jaisalmer | Flt Lt V Singh* | KM-1 | |||
| 14th March 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
Iskra TS-11 | W-1742 | FTW | Tumkunta Village, from Hakimpet | Sqn Ldr Vishal Mehta* | ||
| Fg Off KH Singh ejected | ||||||||
| 25th March 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23UM | Cr Kargil Sector, | ejected | KM-1 | |||
| ejected | KM-1 | |||||||
| 25th April 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | Bhirdhar vill,Patiala Dist, 0810 Hrs | Sqn. Ldr. M Raj Kumar* | KM-1 | |||
| 6th May 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Ambala | |||||
| 10th May 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23 | Aitiyan vill, TO fm Halwara 2km | Sqn Ldr S S Dalal | KM-1 | |||
| 23rd May 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Nimbala vill 32km fm Barmer , TO Uttarlai 07156 Hr | Fg Offr A Jetley* | ||||
| 23rd May 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | U-837 | AFA | Cr Nittor Vill, TO Bidar AFS Both Pts BO | Sqn Ldr S Nema ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| Navy Cadet ejected | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 12th June 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Cr in House Midnapore Dist, Fm KKD | Sqn Ldr Joshi | KM-1 | |||
| 16th October 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | MOFTU | MACW MiG Darrang Sonitpur , Assam Dis | Fg Offr K N Gupta | |||
| 16th October 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | MOFTU | The crash of the fighters, one of them a trainer, took place while four aircraft were involved in a medium level tactical exercises in the Darrang-Sonitpur area of lower Assam. While Fg Off Jot Singh, who was flying the trainer, died after the plane crashed, his . The pilot of the other MiG-21, Fg Off K N Gupta, also ejected from the fighter and was rescued. | Fg Offr Jod Singh* | |||
| instructor, Sqn Ldr G Kago, bailed out to safety | ||||||||
| 6th November 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Cr Pathankot AFS, | Sqn Ldr Bandhopadhyay bailed out and suffered injuries | ||||
| 15th November 2000 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | TO Hashmara Cr 32 km at Jaipalguri at 1850 hours (IST) on Wednesday | Sqn Ldr S Badli | KM-1 | |||
| 17th January 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Crashed on take off Hashimara COOCH BEHAR Dist | Flt Lt Shrivastava ejected suffering serious injuries |
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KM-1 | ||
| 12th March 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | SM-261 | TO Halwara Cr Sangrur Dist | Sqn Ldr M Vishwas | KM-1 | ||
| 27 March 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Cr Dhanga Pir, Nurpur Dist HP | Fg Offr S Grover | ||||
| 10th April 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | TO Srinagar, Cr S of Gulmarg | Flt Lt P K Arun* | ||||
|
2nd May 2001 also seen as 3rd |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 |
FIS Tambaram |
Crashed near Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandhlaur on the outskirts of Chennai shortly after take off | Sqn Ldr Sanjay Gaur [Senior Inspector at Tambaram Air Force Base] ejected the aircraft wobbled at an altitude of about 120 feet. But the parachute failed to open properly and he fell outside the zoo. He died on the way to the military hospital | Martin-Baker | ||
| 8th May 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | U-778 | AFA | Cr Daramanga Vill, RR Dist Pilot Baled out | Flt Cdt Shishir Sukant | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th June 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | Cr Kangra Dist, TO from Pathankot | The pilot landed in Boojpur village, three km from the crash site, by a parachute and is safe | ||||
| 5th July 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MIG-23UM | Cr Thumbali Dani Vill Jodhpur | Sqn Ldr Gaikwad | ||||
| F/O P P Hudda | ||||||||
| 28 August 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | Cr Dipota Grid Substation Sonitpur Dist Assam | Fg Offr A Bansal* | ||||
| 28 August 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | HE(A) RSQ | KM-1 | ||||
| 17th September 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 |
23 Squadron, Panthers Suratgarh Air Force Base |
on an exercise flight crashed soon after taking off from the IAF base in Rajasthan about 1.5 kilometres from Pilibanga Canal |
Flight Lt. Abhijit Anil Gadgil killed No ejection |
KM-1 | ||
| 26th September 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | TO Pathankot, Cr Dasuya | Sardanand | ||||
| 24th October 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | Unk RSQH | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 25th October 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 5 Sqdn | The plane was on a "routine sortie" when it crashed in the Ambala sector of Punjab, | Flt Lt Romesh Sharma | Martin-Baker | ||
| 27 December 2001 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21FL | Tezpur Rs 1.5Cr Loss | |||||
| 4th January 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-25R | 102 Sqdn | Ac hit Mech Rwy Swpr landing at Adampur | Sqn Ldr Bhullar | KM-1 | ||
| 21st February 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | Pathankot Rs 4.6 Cr Loss | KM-1 | ||||
| 15th March 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23MF | Cr at Uttarlai - Bayatu and Sindhari villages | Rakesh Sharma | KM-1 | |||
| 4th April 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Cr Jhelu-Gagari vill Jodhpur Dist | Sqn LdP K Bundela VM* |
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| Saturday 20th April 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | Tezpur Air Base Darrang district in lower Assam, | Went missing when it was flying over Darrang district close to the Bhutan border. Crashed into hills under IFR conditions | KM-1 | |||
|
Trainee Flying Officer Dahiya missing |
IP Squadron Leader T.J.A. Khan missing |
KM-1 | ||||||
| 26th April 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | Cr near Sirsa | Fg Offr Paul | ||||
| 3rd May 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | C-2797 | 23 Sqdn | Ejected over Jallandhar City - Eight on Ground k | Flt Lt S K Nayak | ||
| 7th June 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Caught fire on TO Srinaga | Fg Offr Thakur | KM-1 | |||
| 26th June 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | TO from Halwara |
Flt Lt Bharat Kumar [killed in an MiG-23BN air crash in Rajasthan on February 7, 2004] |
KM-1 | |||
| 27th June 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Barrackpore Rs 1.5 Cr Loss | |||||
| 15th July 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U | TO from Baghdogra | Sqn Ldr R. D. Hem Raj | ||||
|
Flying Officer A K Singh
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| 9th September 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | C-276? | Rajasthan. | Flt Lt Rajat Tyagi | |||
| 9th September 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bison | 3 Sqdn | Cr. Naggal area near Ambala | Sqn Ldr Rajat Nangia | |||
| 11th October 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21U T69 | MOFTU | Cr Rangapura Sonitpur dist, assam | Pilot ejected | |||
| ejected | ||||||||
| 21st October 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | C-2800 | on approach to Uttarlai - Night flying | Flt Lt Pratap Singh | |||
| 5th November 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 14 Sqdn | Eng Failure near Ambala 5k on ground | Flt Lt Vipin Rehani | Martin-Baker | ||
| 26th December 2002 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Cr near Badgam at Srinagar Airfield | Fg Offr B K Singh | ||||
| 4th April 2003 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | Cr in Ludhiana 4 k on ground TO Halwara | Flt Lt Balwinder Singh Gill | KM-1 | |||
| 7th April 2003 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bison | TO from Ambala | Flt Lt H Garg | ||||
| 7th July 2003 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23BN | Cr 1128 - from Halwara - Mianwala Kalai | Flt Lt Nikhil Gupta ejected out safely sustained minor bruises. | KM-1 | |||
|
Monday 15th July 2003 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | crashed in Srinagar | |||||
|
Wing Commander R Rastogi killed |
Flight Lieutenant Ganeshan killed |
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| 24th August 2003 |
Indian Navy |
 |
Lt Shiraz H Azad | Martin-Baker | ||||
| Sea Harrier FRS 51 | IN 615 | 300 Sqdn | Cr in sea near the western state of Goa - tech failure during landing phase | |||||
| 28 November 2003 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21Bis | Cr Rajasthan at Nal | Fg Offr A Gupta | ||||
| 4th December 2003 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-29 | 25km from Adampur | Sqn Ldr Jawahar Mohammad | K-36 | |||
| 7th February 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-23 | Jaisalmer Airbase | crashed during firepower demonstration manoeuvres over Pokhran Range in Rajasthan |
Flt Lt Bharat Kumar [ejected from a MiG-23BN on 26th June 2002 ] |
KM-1 | ||
| 20th February 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21M | C-1635 | Cr near Jamnagar 4k on grd | Fg Offr G S Ghuman | |||
| 2nd April 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | MAC bad weather J and K. hit another jag | Flt Lt G Oberoi* | ||||
| 7th May 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
Jaguar IS | 5 Sqdn | Cr TO from Ambala | Sqn Ldr Tamaskar | Martin-Baker | ||
|
19th May 2004 12.09 pm |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27 | Hasimara Air Force Base | Lost in crash on flight to nearby in North Bengal | Flight Lieutenant Sinha | |||
| 23rd September 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
Mirage 2000 | Tyre dam on TO | Sqn Ldr Harser Singh Gill ordered to Eject safely |
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Martin-Baker | ||
| 12th October 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
Mirage 2000TH | KT-207 | Cr 4.5km from Gwalior - Tech Defect | Wg Cdr Venkatesh | Martin-Baker | ||
| F/L Rangachari | ||||||||
| 1st November 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | C-2084 | Cr BikanerCanasaur | Fg Offr S Mitra | |||
| 5th November 2004 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27M | Cr Barielly Rs 20 Cr est loss | KM-1 | ||||
|
Tuesday 8th November 2004 8:40 p.m |
IAF |
Mirage 2000 | IAF Gwalior | Engine fire after take-off. Aircraft hit the ground about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Air Base |
Flight Lt. Neehar Gururani killed Initial reports had erroneously stated the pilot had survived |
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no ejection | |
| 17th December 2004 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier | 300 Sqdn | Cr while hoverlanding at Dabolim | Lt Mehta | Martin-Baker | ||
| Tuesday, 4th January 2005 |
IAF |
MiG 21bis Type 75, | Nal Air Base | crashed in a farm at Inda village, 20 km from Bikaner, soon after taking off on a routine sortie from the Nal air base near, Bikaner in Rajasthan | Sqn Ldr. S. Kaila, ejected safely |
 |
KM-1 | |
| 1st February 2005 |
IAF |
Chetak | ||||||
| 18th February 2005 |
IAF |
Cheetah SA-315 | ||||||
| 21st February 2005 |
IN |
Chetak | ||||||
| 4th March 2005 |
IAF |
Deepak HPT-32 | crashed in Hakimpet | Flt Cdt Sparsh Rana* |
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| 8th March 2005 |
IAF |
MiG-21Bis | Fg Offr Tushar Chavan* | |||||
| 6th May 2005 |
IN |
Chetak | Lt Cdr D Poddar* | |||||
| 17th May 2005 |
IN |
Sea Harrier | 300 | |||||
| 22nd May 2005 |
IAF |
Mil Mi-8 | ||||||
| 21st June 2005 |
IAF |
Mil Mi-17 | Gp Capt Shankar | |||||
| 19th August 2005 |
IN |
Kamov 28 | Lt Cdr O Sherawat* | |||||
| 7th September 2005 |
IN |
Chetak | Lt Cdr H S Pannu* | |||||
|
Friday 7th October 2005 08:30h |
IAF |
Jaguar | Gwalior airbase | Routine training mission. Crashed at the Gwalior airfield in Madhya Pradesh | Squadron Leader Vishal Gupta ejected safely | Martin-Baker | ||
| 19th October 2005 |
IAF |
Cheetah SA-315 | ||||||
|
Wednesday 26th October 2005 12:45 h |
Indian Air Force |
MiG-21UTM | Airforce Systems and Training Establishment(ASTE) | Crashed on take - off from Bangalaore Air Port | Test pilot Sq. Ldr. K R Murthy, ejected but died in hospital during the evening | KM-1 | ||
| Test Engineer Squadron Leader K D Bhat ejected taken to local hospital | KM-1 | |||||||
| 20th November 2005 |
HAL |
Dhruv | HAL | Wg Cdr Krishna | ||||
| 5th December 2005 |
IN |
Sea Harrier | 551 | |||||
|
Tuesday 13th December 2005 11:56 h (IST) |
IAF |
MIG-21 Type 77 | Tezpur Air Base | On routine flight Crashed into a paddy field in Pithakowa area in Assam | Squadron Leader S. Alok [??] Bansal, ejected safely | 21 MIG-21s belonging to the Indian Air Force have crashed. Since 2001. The type is being phased out. | KM-1 | |
| 19th December 2005 |
IAF |
Canberra PR57 | Sqn Ldr Sanjeev Bedi* 106 | |||||
|
Tuesday 27th December 2005 11:15 hrs (IST) |
IAF |
Kiran Mk-1 Trainer | U-73? | IAF Systems and Training Establishment (ASTE) Bangalore |
Took off on a routine
training sortie.from HAL Airport. Engine problems.
Engine flame out during rejoin for
landing.
Crashed
in the open field, near
the BHEL residential layout and gutted by fire. Rajarajeshwarinagar area, Bangalore Aircraft crashed |
Both crew ejected but sustained minor injuries and taken to Air Force Command Hospital | Martin-Baker | |
| Squadron Leader Narayan Deepak |
Wing Commander Rahul Bapat co-pilot |
Martin-Baker | ||||||
| Both crew ejected but sustained minor injuries and taken to Air Force Command Hospital | ||||||||
| FEEDBACK |
Both test pilots managed to point the
aircraft in a safe direction in a heavily built up area preventing large
casualties and ejected safely. Bapat had a miraculous escape after his
parachute landed on a 11 KVA electric line (there was a planned load shedding,
so the line was not live). Deepak sustained back injuries. |
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|
Tuesday 17th January 2006 11:00 a.m. local |
IAF |
MiG-21 | Jamnagar Air Base, Gujarat | Experienced an ''engine surge'' during pull-out from a dive crashed near the Sarmat firing range, ten km from near Jamnagar | Squadron Leader J P S Bains ejected safely having pointed aircraft into a safe direction | KM-1 | ||
|
Saturday 18th March 2006 09:30h |
 |
Conflicting
early reports-
Three plane formation practising formation flight possibly the tail
of one plane hit another during the practice. Awaiting further confirmation of events. |
Squadron Leader Shailendra Singh unsuccessful attempt to eject at low level, less than 100 feet - died in crash | Martin-Baker | ||||
|
IAF |
Kiran Mk II |
???? 'Surya Kiran' (Rays of the Sun) aerobatics team |
Wing Commander Dheeraj Bhatia. unsuccessful attempt to eject at low level,- died in crash | Martin-Baker | ||||
|
Tuesday 21st March 2006 3.35 p.m. (local) |
IAF |
MiG-21 Type-69 Trainer |
 101 Sqn Falcons |
Crashed in open field 16 km from Uttarlai village in Barmer district, Rajasthan |
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| Sqn. Ldr. P.K. Chikkara died in crash | Flight Lieutenant Aniket V. Kolhe died in crash | |||||||
|
Thursday 8th June 2006 12.10 p.m |
IAF |
 photo MOD India A MiG-29UB Trainer similar to this was lost - both crew ejected safely |
During a routine sortie from Bhuj crashed on the uninhabited Pirotan island, 40 km off the coast of Jamnagaran |
 via jagan |
photo requested | K-36 | ||
| MiG-29 UB Trainer | ??? |
28 Squadron Bhuj Air Force Base, Gujarat CONFIRM ??? |
Wing Commander A. Nautiyal - Ejected safely over the sea and rescued - admitted to a local hospital for treatment | Squadron Leader N. K. Mahal- Ejected safely over the sea and rescued - admitted to a local hospital for treatment | K-36 | |||
|
Thursday 28th September 2006 around 3.20 p.m. |
IAF |
MiG-29 |
Ambala airbase
Sources: |
Possible bird strike. Pilot reported an engine problem while preparing to land crashed in the fields near Sadhopur village about 12 km from the air force base near Ambala city in India's northern state of Haryana | Pilot Squadron Leader V. Naik ejected and taken to a military hospital for first-aid | K-36 | ||
|
Thursday 19th October 2006 10:15 am |
IAF |
MiG-27 |
SOURCE: Indian News Media |
caught fire and crashed into an open field near Kadamtala village in North Bengal's Jalpaiguri district | pilot ejected but injured [fractured ??] his legs - taken to the Hasimara Airbase Hospital | K-36 | ||
|
Tuesday 21st November 2006 7.45 pm (IST) |
IAF |
MiG-29 | Jamnagar airbase | routine night sortie, crashed soon after take off near Jamnagar airbase in the vicinity of Sarmat village | pilot ejected some minor injuries taken to the IAF hospital for treatment | K-36 | ||
|
3rd March 2007 12:45 |
IAF |
MiG-21 | Bagdogra Air Base | Crashed near Kurseong about 30 km from Siliguri |
Squadron Leader Swapna
Shankar Pandey ejected but parachute did not deploy |
KM-1 | ||
|
Thursday 5th April 2007 0850 hrs (IST) |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier T.Mk.60 | IN651 | crashed near Dabholim airport off Goa coast into the Arabian Sea |
 |
 photo via Tiwary Family |
Martin-Baker | |
| Commander Vikram Menon, Ejected - rescued | Lt Commander Saurabh Tiwary, Ejected - His body was recovered nine days after the crash | Martin-Baker | ||||||
 Tuesday 8th May 2007 16:00h |
IAF |
MiG-29 | Adampur air base, Punjab | Crashed on take off on a routine training sortie from the air base in Punjab. No ground casualties | pilot Lt. Commander Vikram Chauhan [on attachment from Indian Navy] ejected safely | K-36 | ||
| Tuesday 22nd May 2007 |
IAF |
MiG-21 Type-75 |
Udhampur airbase | Crashed in the Basantgarh-Mahore mountains in Reasi district. Pilot and plane wreckage wreckage found in high mountainous reaches of Kathua district, southeast of Jammu | Pilot Lakhanpal missing | Pilot Squadron Leader P. G. Reddy [Ready] Killed | ||
| Tuesday 11th September 2007 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | Hakimpet Air Force Academy | Crashed at Air Force Academy on the outskirts of Hyderabad | Martin-Baker | |||
|
Squadron Leader Bhagat killed |
Trainee Pilot SC Pathi killed |
Martin-Baker | ||||||
| Sunday 9th September 2007 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.51 |
300 Sqn INS Viraat |
Crashed in the Bay of Bengal following loss of power while preparing to land on carrier |
Lieutenant Commander A. Jain ejected |
Martin-Baker | ||
|
Friday 26th October 2007 15:04h |
IAF |
Jaguar | Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat | Crashed soon after take off | ejected safely | Martin-Baker | ||
|
Sunday 18th November 2007 14:30 |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 |
Hakimpet Air Force Academy Hyderabad |
Technical problem. Crashed at Padamatikesapur village in Warangal district | Martin-Baker | |||
|
Anand Kumar ejected |
Syed Malik ejected sustained serious injuries |
Martin-Baker | ||||||
| Both crew were initially admitted to a hospital at Jangaon and later air-lifted to a hospital in Hyderabad | ||||||||
|
Saturday 22nd December 2007 11.50 a.m |
Indian A. F. |
HJT-16 Kiran Trainer |
Surya Kiran | Kalaikunda airbase | Crashed during take off after refueling at Bhubaneswar Airport on way to Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh |
pilot Wing Commander Rajat Tyagi quickly
ejected himself" It is believed that the pilot was able to get out by himself without using the ejection seat |
Martin-Baker | |
| Monday 24th December 2007 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.51 | IN ??? |
300 Sqn INS Viraat |
crashed while landing at the Dabolim Naval Air Station in Goa | Pilot Cdr Janak Bevli ejected | Martin-Baker | |
|
Thursday 31st January 2008 12:40 |
IAF |
MiG-27 | Hashimara airbase | Routine training exercise. Crashed in the eastern state of West Bengal, Jalpaiguri district |
Wing Commander Jasbir Singh ejected safely |
KM-1 | ||
| 21st February 2008 |
IAF |
MiG-21 Type 96 |
crash near Bhuj in Gujarat |
Flight Lieutenant S Agashe ejected safely |
KM-1 | |||
| Tuesday 29th April 2008 |
IAF |
Hawk | Take off aborted at Bidar airport in Karnataka and slid off runway due to a technical problem. Damage unspecified | Martin-Baker Mk.10 | ||||
| Indian pilot escaped without injury | British pilot escaped without injury | Martin-Baker Mk.10 | ||||||
| Some Indian news reports indicate one of the pilots ejected. Confirmation appreciated | ||||||||
|
Monday 12th May 2008 15:00 |
IAF |
Deepak HPT-32 | Begumpet Air Force Academy, Hyderabad | crashed just north of the institution near Medak in Andhra Pradesh |
Female flying cadet suffered fatal injuries |
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| Friday 23rd May 2008 |
IAF |
MiG-21 | Bagdogra air base | Technical problems. Caught fire while landing at high speed at West Bengal’s Bagdogra airport, 16 km from Siliguri. Belly landed | Pilot ejected | KM-1 | ||
| Monday 1st September 2008 |
IAF |
MiG-29 | Jamnagar air base | crashed about 50 km west of the air base |
Flight Lieutenant Dheer ejected |
K-36 | ||
|
Monday
8th September 2008 |
Indian A. F. |
Cessna 152 | Begumpet Air Force Academy, Hyderabad | Crashed in residential area near Begumpet airport in Hyderabad | ||||
|
Trainee pilot Srinivas killed in crash |
Instructor pilot Niraj Jain died on the way to hospital | |||||||
|
Wednesday 12th 2008 10:35 |
IAF |
MiG-21 type 69 |
Chabua air base | Routine training flight. Crashed into a field near Chabua village of Tinsukia district of Assam | KM-1 | |||
|
Squadron Leader
Swapandeep [also reported as Supandeep] ejected safely |
Flying Officer
Nandagopan [also reported as Nanda] ejected safely |
KM-1 | ||||||
|
Monday 17th November 2008 12:36 |
IAF |
MiG-23 | Hashimara air base in Jalpaiguri district | Routine training flight. Crashed in east Hashimara area in West Bengal | KM-1 | |||
|
Wg Cdr Sisodia ejected safely |
Flt Lt Kartik ejected safely |
KM-1 | ||||||
| Earlier news reports gave the type as a single seat MiG-27 | ||||||||
|
Wednesday 21st January 2009 08.45 |
IAF |
HAL HJT-16 Kiran Mk II |
'Surya Kiran' (Rays of the Sun) aerobatics team (SKAT) |
Bidar air force base | Crashed during a training session in Bidar, Karnataka | Martin-Baker | ||
|
Wing Commander R. S. Dhaliwal killed |
 photo IAF |
Martin-Baker | ||||||
|
Some early reports indicated a second aircraft was involved and that the pilot was seriously injured. It now appears to be misreporting of an aerial vehicle (UAV) that crashed in West Bengal |
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| Wednesday 4th February 2009 |
Indian A. F. |
Hindustan Aeronautics Intermediate Jet Trainer HJT-36 |
Prototype Trainer PT2 |
Belly landed at the HAL airport during preparations for “Aero India 2009” air show |
 |
Zvezda K36LT zero-zero ejection seat | ||
|
Squadron Leader Baldev Singh (retd.) [HAL’s Executive Director - Chief Test Pilot (Fixed Wing)] NO EJECTION |
Wing Commander C. Subramaniam [Indian Air Force fighter pilot on deputation to HAL] NO EJECTION |
Zvezda K36LT zero-zero ejection seat | ||||||
|
Thursday 30th April 2009 10.30 a.m |
IAF |
Su-30MKI | Lohegaon air base, Pune | Crashed on a routine inspection flight near Rajmathai village 70 km southeast of Jaisalmer in the border state of Rajasthan | K-36 | |||
|
pilot,
Wing Commander Siddharth
V. Munje ejected survived |
navigator, Wing Commander Pushpendra
Singh Nara* ejected died from injuries |
K-36 | ||||||
| *He was presented the VM for meritorious service by IAF chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik on 8th October 2009 | ||||||||
|
Friday 15th May 2009 08:10 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-27 | Routine training mission. crashed at Konkani village, in Luni, 25 km from Jodhpur. Several civilian injuries |
Squadron Leader P. Dhawan ejected safely |
KM-1 | |||
|
Wednesday 27th May
2009 08:10 |
Indian A. F. |
MiG-21 | Jodhpur airbase | Routine training mission. Crashed in Luni village in Mordijoshyan, near Jodhpur |
Squadron Leader S. P. Deb [also seen as Deo] ejected safely ejected. Landed in tree. |
KM-1 | ||
| Thursday 18th June 2009 |
IAF |
MiG-21 Type 77 |
Chabua Air Force Base, Upper Assam | Routine flight Crashed in Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district into water, [shallow pond at Teok Jaligaon, paddy field, at Hatiali near tea gardens] approx. 10 km from base shortly after take-off. Initial reports indicate a technical problem |
Flying Officer Hemant Dave ejected safely |
SK-1 | ||
|
Friday 21st August 2009 11:57 |
Indian Navy |
Sea Harrier | IN 622 |
NS Hansa Indian Navy's airbase in Goa. |
crashed in Arabian Sea 15 nautical miles west off Goa 42 minutes after take-off, for a training mission |
Lieutenant
Commander Saurav Chandra Saxena killed |
Martin-Baker | |
| Thursday 10th September 2009 |
IAF |
MiG-21 | C-1641 | Bhisiana air base in Bathinda in Punjab |
On a
routine training sortie. Apparently lost power while
taking off. Crashed about 10km from air base near the
town of Bhatinda, some 230km from the state capital
Chandigarh |
Lt. Manu
Akhori unable to eject in time killed |
 photo: orkut |
KM-1 confirm ??? |
| [location also seen as Bhalianga village situated on Muktsar-Bhatinda road] further details appreciated | ||||||||
|
Friday 23rd October 2009 13:10 |
IAF |
MiG-27 | Hashimara Airbase | Crashed during a routine flying training sortie near New Jalpaiguri about 16 Kms West of airbase. Boy on ground sustained injuries from devris. |
Flight
Lieutenant Gautam ejected safely |
KM-1 | ||
| Monday 30th November 2009 |
IAF |
Sukhoi-30MKI | Jodhpur Air Base | Technical snag during routine flight. Crashed in an open field near Kallaron Ki Dhani, about 5 km from the army's Chandan firing range in Jaisalmer district near Jathegaon, about 40 km from Jaisalmer in the north-western state of Rajasthan | K-36 | |||
| Pilot - Wing Commander Shrivastav - ejected | Co-pilot / Navigator ejected | K-36 | ||||||
| Tuesday 16th February 2010 |
Indian Air Force |
MiG-27 |
 222 Sqn (TigerSharks) Hashimara Air Force base |
Crashed during take off in West Bengal | Wing
Commander Oswald de Abreu killed |
 |
KM-1 | |
| Photo by kind permission of Deone Menezes Wng Commander de Abreu's first cousin | ||||||||
|
Friday 19th February 2010 15:00 |
Indian Air Force |
MiG-21 | Bagdora Air Base West Bengal | crashed soon after take-off |
Squadron Leader Rahul Tiwari ejected safely |
KM-1 | ||
| Wednesday 3rd March 2010 |
Indian Navy |
HJT-16 Kiran Mk2 trainer | 708. |
Sagar Pawan Aerobatic Team INS Hansa, Goa |
Crashed into a two-storey building in the Bowenpally locality near the old Begumpet Airport during the India Aviation 2010 Air-show at Hyderabad | Martin-Baker | ||
|
Cdr Suresh K. Maurya 39 killed |
co-pilot Lt Cdr Rahul Nair 33 killed ejected outside the envelope of the seat's performance |
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Tuesday 15th June 2010 11:15 |
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MiG-21 | Pathankot air base | Crashed near the Sidhwan Khas range near Halwara Air Base | Pilot ejected | KM-1 | ||
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| 9th December 1971 | Indian Airlines | Avro HS-748 | VT-DXG | Crashed into mountainside enroute from Trivandrum to Madurai at Chinnamanur |
17 Passengers and 4 Crew
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| 24th December 1996 |
Indian A. F. |
Avro HS-748 | Wing fatigue. Crashed near Chennai at Dubagunta at Nellore on a ferry flight to Hyderabad | Sqn Ldr Krishanan | Pilot killed | |||||||||||
| Flight Lt. Harita Kaur Deol | Co-pilot killed | |||||||||||||||
| Air Force Band of the Academy | Lost in crash | |||||||||||||||
| five air/ ground crew and 17 passengers on board lost their lives | ||||||||||||||||
| Monday 11th January 1999 |
Indian A. F. |
Avro HS-748 |
Airborne System (CABS) Bangalore |
transport aircraft under test flight. two km from Arakkonam | four crew members | all killed | ||||||||||
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| Wednesday 3rd September 2009 |
State government |
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Friday 30th October 2009 13:20 |
IAF |
MI-17 IV Helicopter |
Crashed during low level training sortie when it got caught in a cable wire of a bridge. It went down into the Chenab river reservoir of the Baglihar hydro-electric power project at Tringel in Doda district. | four personnel on board | |||||||||||||||
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I am indebted to the two authors P. V. S. Jagan Mohan and Samir Chopra for allowing details within the book to be used. Also for their generous help and assistance in compiling this listing to P. V. S. Jagan Mohan for providing information from his researches and on his excellent website
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Hi,
My name is KC Kuruvilla. I happened to see the site on ejections, the world over, and came upon my name in the lot listed under India. I am writing to let you know that I ejected for a third time in 1982 (I believe). All three ejections (of which two are reported on your site) were from the Sukhoi 7. I am not certain if there are any known pilots in India or elsewhere, who have ejected three times and have also gone on to fly more fighter missions, as I did; knowing fully well that in any one of those missions (600 sorties or more), a fourth ejection was a possibility. I hope you will be able to let me know. The knowledge would be self-satisfying and important for me. Credit must be given to some good decision makers amongst our Doctors of CME and the then IAM. Many functional level Doctors were determined to ground me or have me transfer to Transport/Helicopter flying stating that I would be crippled in a fourth ejection! Thankfully (to my maker), none of that happened and I continued to fly fighter aircraft. As a matter of fact, in 1991, I was able to convert onto the Jaguar, thanks to Air Headquarters and some gentlemen who deemed that I had the will and spirit to continue flying, regardless. I retired in 2001 as an Air Commodore, as the Deputy Commandant and Head of Capacity Building, where I flew the Kiran and the HPT 32. Warm regards KC |
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There are a few things I would like you to add in that link, to add to
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I just happened to see your website and appreciate the effort. I ejected twice while serving in the Indian Air Force and can provide accurate information for update about these two events. 22 Nov 1993 Jaguar JS-120 Flying Offr PK Pareek carried out planned ejection following double hydraulic services Failure and failure of landing gear to come down 12 Km North East of Ambala airfield. 26 Feb 1997 Jaguar JT- 066 Flt Lt PK Pareek and Flt Lt M Panging ejected at 200 feet following total electrical failure and engine flame out near Uttarlai airfield. Thanks Puneet Pareek |
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