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https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1789972 The Tri-Services Court of Inquiry into the Mi-17 V5 accident on 08 Dec 21 has submitted its preliminary findings. The inquiry team analysed the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder besides questioning all available witnesses to...

I believe thats because the bureaucracy does not want more military officers of the same stature as Def Secy. Having more 4*'s will ensure that more able officers also make it longer in the forces leading to better knowledge pool.

Most likely a problem in comprehension of the reporters.

Man, those are some powerful visuals. There is a lump in my throat after watching the video.

We should compare based on number of hours of flight. Also to be compared is survival rate from those crashes.

Hmm... that's 33 minutes for a road distance of 85 kms (which is not straight). Is that common?

Really? I thought the terrain warning system will give enough warning.

Need an educated guess from you. Based on the fire post crash, it looks like it was fuel triggered. Is it common for such short flights to carry a full fuel load?

This has 2 turbines no?

I'm very pissed with IAF. Its the CDS. He should not be in such incidents. If the weather was bad, the flight should have been rescheduled. Equipment should not be an issue neither should there be a pilot error. Its high time the safety of helis be taken up on a large scale. We should lose...