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Chronological Listing of Indian Air Force, Naval Air Force and
related Losses & Ejections

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

     
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 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 Folland
19th March 1960
Indian A. F.
Gnat IE-1070 23 Sqdn Engine failure Pilot ejected near Kanpur Sqn Ldr S Raghavendran Folland
4th June 1960
Indian A. F.
Gnat IE-1063 AATU Engine Flame Out Sqn Ldr A Sudhakaran Late Ejection - killed Folland
19th January 1961
Indian A. F.
Hunter F56     Engine flame out after TO from Jamnagar Flt Lt K S S Kalsia - Killed 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)

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 Folland
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 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  
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 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 Martin-Baker
7th September 1965
Indian A. F.
Mystere IVa   1 Sqdn Failed to return from raid on Sargodha Sqn Ldr Ajamada B Devayya 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 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 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  
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 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 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
   
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    

4th December 1971


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

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  
4th December 1971
Indian A. F
HF-24 Marut   220 Sqdn Shotdown by AA Flt Lt J L Bharghava   Martin-Baker

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 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
 
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.
I have also attached this photo of my father in his younger days. All other information is true and correct.

Regards,

 Vikram Sinhji
(s/o Late Gp. Capt. Harish Sinhji)
in email 15th August 2009
web details amended 15th August 2009

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  
K C Kuruvilla also ejected from IAF Sukhoi's on 24th October 1980, and in 1982. This makes him one of, if not the only person, to have safely ejected three times from an Su-7
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 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   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    

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

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    
  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.
17th  December 1971
Indian A. F.
MiG-21FL C-716 29 Sqdn SD by F-86 over Pasrur Flt Lt Tejwant Singh    

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 
I
AF
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
Folland
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
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.      
     
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)
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    

25th January 1980


Indian A. F.
Unidentified     Midnapore 30 km at Salbani Pt BO      
24th October 1980

Indian A. F.
Sukhoi-7     Bird Hit aircraft then  crashed in Delhi Fg Offr K C Kuruvilla  
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
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  
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
 
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
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  
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    

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

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 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

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.
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
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

   
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

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

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 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*  
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

 

   
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
 
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 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
8
th 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

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*  
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.

regards
Wg Cdr N Deepak
in email 21/07/2008

                 
                 
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.
OR
Control loss at high speed and low altitude while avoiding college building. Crashed  into a toor dal field in Naubad on the outskirts of Bidar, in north Karnataka  about 700 km from Bangalore

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    
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 ???
MORE DETAILS ???

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:
India News Media

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

[2nd ejection - see also 25th May 2001] 

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
   
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

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
Martin-Baker
Tuesday 15th June 2010
11:15

IAF
MiG-21   Pathankot air base Crashed near the Sidhwan Khas range near  Halwara Air Base Pilot ejected   KM-1
                 

 

               
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 members killed.
10 survivors
   
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  
four Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officials    
 
       
Test Pilot
Captain of aircraft
Sqn Ldr NV Seshu
killed
Test Pilot
Co-Pilot
Sqn Ldr Pashupati Venkatraman
killed
??
killed
??
killed
                 

 

 

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
                 
22nd March 1986
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32            
25th March 1986
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32 K2729            
4th October 1988
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32   ARC        
15th July 1990
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32            
1st April 1992
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32            
1st April 1992
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32            
7th March 1999
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32 K2673 12sq        
23rd February 2000
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32 K2690    Crashed near the Vijaynagar ALG in Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh near Myanmar border      
19th February 2002
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32   48sq   damaged      
3rd February 2003
Indian A. F.
Antonov An-32   48sq damaged      
Friday 6th March 2009
16.05

Indian
National Aerospace Laboratories
Prototype
Saras
[crane]
14 seat Light Transport Aircraft
  National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)
HAL airport
Caught fire and crashed in a field  near Bidadi, about 30 km from Bangalore Three test pilots killed
 Squadron Leader Ilairaj    
Wing Commander Praveen    
Wing Commander Shah    
Tuesday 9th June 2009
IAF
Antonov An-32   Mechuka,
West Siang district
On routine air maintenance flight to Jorhat in Assam. Crashed in Arunachal Pradesh.

   Indian Air Force Losses

             
Wing Commander Gitesh Jit Singh Butalia
pilot
killed
Flight Lieutenant Varun Kumar
co-pilot
killed
Wing Commander P K Saji
killed
Squadron Leader P Siddharth
killed
Squadron Leader Manash Mishra
killed
Master Warrant Officer Ramesh
killed
Aircraft Attendant Sanjay Kumar
killed

  Indian Army Losses

             
Gunner V Singh
killed
Gunner K Kumar
killed
Gunner S Kumar
killed
Gunner Naik D B S Nanwhegh
killed
Sepoy A K Tirkey
killed
Radio Mechanic R Wangchuk
killed
 
Different media reports give different numbers on board the plane. [between 12 and 14]. This list will be updated as more details are made public
Friday 31st July 2009
09:45

Indian A. F.
Deepak HPT-32 X3216
[confirm??]
     
Air Force Academy Dundiga Crashed while approaching to land approx.2 kilometres from the air base at Annaram village of Jinnaram Mandal near the academy in Medak, Andhra Pradesh Nitin Jain
killed
Chaturvedi ???
killed
 

 

Wednesday 3rd September 2009
State government
 
Bell-430   Begumpet airport, Hyderabad crashed in the dense Nallamala forests
 
Group Captain S K Bhatia
pilot
killed
Captain M Satyanarayana Reddy
co-pilot
killed
ASC John Wesley
Chief Security officer
killed
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
killed
P Subrahmanyam
Principal Secretary
killed 
  More details appreciated (including full names of deceased)
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    
       
pilot
Wing Commander R Garg
[Garh ??]

killed
co-pilot
Flight Lieutenant S Tomar
killed
technician
Junior Warrant Officer Kundan Singh
killed
technician
Sergeant P K Deepak
killed
                 

              

 

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

 

 

more references and acknowledgements will follow shortly

Indian Media
Scramble.nl
Air Forces Monthly
Correspondence from site visitors
Flight International
Warbirds of India

                 
                 

 

 

 

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

FEEDBACK

There are a few things I would like you to add in that link, to add to the
accuracy:-
(1) 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.
(2) 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 dur to collision.
(3) Flt Lt M Raj Kumar* - 25 Apr 2000. Raj's rank must read as Sqn Ldr.
(4) The listing of both Indian Air Force and Navy includes various
accidents, and not just ejections. You may write Indian Air Force as IAF and
Indian Navy as IN, the accepted acronyms here.

I have personally known the pilots listed at (2) and (3) and several others
who find a mention at this link. It actually brings back some sad memories
as well as a few memories of good association with them.  I am sure this
must be the reaction of all, who have been associated with the pilots who
lost their lives.

On the other hand, your project 'Project Get out and walk' - probably
reaffirms the faith that a safe ejection system and timely decision to
eject, lets one live to fly another day.

hope things are fine with you and your project.
with warm regards
Sanjiv

 

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