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There’s not much a pilot flying VFR can do if the weather decides to screw you like that. Other than to ensure they never get in the situation in the first place which begins on the ground.

To date I’m still yet to see much evidence, most of the scam was politically motivated. I’m sure shadiness exists like with all defence deals but BJP creating the controversy and UPA unilaterally scrapping the deal in an unprecedented manner were both pathetic and politically motivated Damage...

Multiple angles to this 1) yes CFIT is CFIT and procedural issues with the crews are a concern 2) the onboard systems on ALH/AW101 are more likely to prevent such an incident 3) if a crash does happen a ALH/AW101 is more likely to have survivors than the V5s

17 crashes in 20+ years for ALH with 320+ having entered Indian service, V5 has only been in Indian service since 2012 and 151 was the max that entered Indian service the loss per 10,000 hours for the ALH fleet is far lower than the V5s in India. +all of those V5 crashes have been fatal, most...

I never disputed that. I said they were going to be the most experienced in the HU and specifically screened. Still line pilots

Most of the time helos operate VFR basically look out and avoid terrain visually (yes they have onboard systems to aide) so if cloud base is low they’ll have to operate below that If the weather was this poor it’s even more damning in terms of flight preparation and clearances, for such...

1) AW101 has 3 engines 2) AW101 is a thoroughly 21st century machine with triplex and quadruplex redundancies, for many critical systems even the V5 doesn’t have duplex redundancy 3) crash structure of AW101 is top notch 4) AW101 has EGPWS and far superior autopilot capabilities 5) AW101 has...

Nope. The AW101s were to be used by service chiefs and likely the CDS (almost certainly in fact) just like how COAS/CNS/CDS use the IAF’s communication squadron EMB-135s Just because v5s are relatively new doesn’t make them safe. They are moderately upgraded versions of the Mi8 that was...

Fking import lobby is already running articles in NDTV saying V5 is very safe. Where’s this benefit of the doubt when an ALH crashes? ALH has actually proven itself ridiculously crash-safe and survivable. Rarely does anyone die if a ALH crashes Also you wouldn’t think it but there’s ~2X the...

belongs to the army not him personally, CDS office (DMA) only got enough sanction for some mini sedan apparently. like I said pure callousness has been on display for chain of command in India perhaps since day 1 and never corrected. chalta hai attitude is playing with fire same helos fly...

Some truth to this no doubt about it BUT using the Rafale analogy- BJP didn’t scrap the deal when the baseless allegations emerged. UPA unilaterally scrapped the deal and made AW blacklist reducing the AW101 in Delhi scrap metal. not finding a solution to the AW101 deficit is definitely a blot...

there’s NO way the Suzuki was armoured. He didn’t have a Safari in his CDS post, that is only for COAS

No. They’ll all be stationed in Delhi and pre-deployed for VIP movement when needed of the 12 2 flights of 3 will be made ready for the PM 100% of the time wherever he is in India.

Are his daughters at his residence? That’s who the def minister and army chief went to see? if so that’s not a good sign, they’d have been leaving Delhi to go be with him if he was in hospital and alive? If he was dead that would be their notification- from the DM/COAS pure speculation on my part

Line pilots as in frontline/operational not specialists doing this full time. Yes they are specially selected from the local units and given extra training/screening I’m not even claiming this is the pilots’ fault just pointing out the facts. Frankly india has taken a very callous approach to...

Looks a bit young to me but who knows? the chances of him being the one and only survivor are absurdly small, not saying it’s not the case but wow. What an unimaginable thing. I don’t know how anyone survives this

Yes it does. This is some serious sh!t. Those in power know exactly what’s happened by now and contingency plans are being spun up, his successor is being made ready etc. it’s actually good to see them not making rash decisions or public comments until they’ve got their boat steady- other govts...

13 out of 14 onboard confirmed dead There’s a video showing one person looking somewhat stable being pulled out. But it doesn’t look like the CDS That pretty much confirms he’s gone imho

This was a frontline V5 flown by regular line pilots- probably the most qualified in their HU but still just line pilots. only thing that’s saved PM a similar fate thus far is probably because the communication SQN is monitored directly by IAF HQ and also because SPG have final say on all PM...

They have GPWS but not EGPWS like the AW101 so CFIT is more likely with the V5