Pilot ejects as Indian MiG-27 crashes
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THank goodness he's alive.. we are anyway buying new jets. It is the pilot's life that matters. :happy_8:
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MMRCA: 10yrs to decide and evaluate which Aircraft to buy?? Man these babus, GOI, middlemen, defense procurement teams are shamelessly corrupt!
No doubt they don't want Indian goods even if they beat foreign goods hands-down!
No doubt they don't want Indian goods even if they beat foreign goods hands-down!
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Important thing, no one died. Hopefully this will serve as a lesson and speed up the process for replacements. MiG-27 beyond 2015 is asking for the next flying-coffin saga.
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This is the eighth mishap so far this year. Of the eight, the Mig-27 have been involved in four. This is not good at all, for the Mig-27 has typically had a better service record than the Mig-21.
Besides, what happened to them grounding the entire fleet in February to 'inspect' for damages and malfunctions? Wasn't that supposed to have pre-empted these? Funny, how the Mig-27 suffers its worst year after a military-industrial corporation completes an upgrade program on it.
Besides, what happened to them grounding the entire fleet in February to 'inspect' for damages and malfunctions? Wasn't that supposed to have pre-empted these? Funny, how the Mig-27 suffers its worst year after a military-industrial corporation completes an upgrade program on it.
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These issues didn't start happening until HAL screwed up the engine overhaul. For some reason, they didn't manufacture a proper low pressure turbine blade. I would have grounded the fleet and waited for replacements from Russia, even if they had to build them from scratch. Apparently HAL can't be trusted to do it right.
