China Military News & Updates

[sayareakd]

one pilot died and other who bailed out is in hospital. RIP to dead.

 

[Armand2REP]

Video - Crash at China Airshow

 

[nrj]

RIP brave pilot.

 

[nimo_cn]

CCTV(China Central Television) made a mistake by reporting the crashed plane as JF-17, in fact it was a J7H.

 

[agentperry]

RIP to dead.
aircrash are unfortunately common in air shows as these shows involve risky maneuvers.

but im surprised to see the openness of chinese media nower days. its good

 

[Rahul M]

nimo_cn, it's actually the reverse, even a few years back, when phone cameras and camcorders had not proliferated all over the country, the chinese military did not report *any* crashes. this is possible only if
a) the air force did not fly at all
or
b) the state owned media hid all such events, like we saw during the recent rail accident, where authorities were busy burying the wreckage rather than rescuing victims.

even now, only those crashes are acknowledged that happen in the public eye. in India with its open media, every crash and little accidents are promptly reported. what you see is what you get.

 

[JayATL]

China: Fighter Jet Crashes During Air Show (VIDEO)

China: Fighter Jet Crashes During Air Show (VIDEO) Video Link


BEIJING — A Chinese air force jet crashed at an air show on Friday, leaving one of the pilots missing and presumed dead.

Footage aired by China Central Television showed the jet sputtering and then nose-diving into a field outside the northern city of Xi'an as one of the pilots ejected from the cockpit and landed beneath an open parachute.

Only one parachute was seen opening, and the plane, a two-seater JH-7 "Flying Leopard" fighter-bomber, burst into flames upon crashing. The other pilot's seat appeared not to have ejected.

The pilot who ejected suffered only minor injuries, but his comrade appeared to have been trapped in the doomed plane, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing witnesses and air show organizer He Liang.

The plane crashed more than a mile (2 kilometers) from the nearest onlookers and there were no deaths or injuries on the ground.

The crash is being investigated and it wasn't clear if mechanical problems or pilot error was to blame. The plane is powered by two highly reliable license-built Spey Mk202 engines and it was considered unlikely that both would have stalled at the same time.

The Chinese-made JH-7 entered service in 2004 and is a mainstay of the country's air force and naval aviation, with more than 100 built.

At least one of the planes crashed previously – during a China-Russian joint exercise in 2009 – killing both pilots.China rarely released information about military accidents, but the public nature of the crash and the rapid spread of images of it happening on the Internet made it impossible to keep secret.

 

[JayATL]

This is a brand new inducted aircraft ( 2004)so as to speak- and two offically reported crashes in under 7 years... dont know how many other incidents w/ this aircraft have taken place - because china does not put out negative information.

 

[nitesh]

RIP to the dead.

 

[Armand2REP]

For an AF as large as PLAAF, I can guarantee you there are more crashes than we ever hear about.

 

[ALBY]

Rip to those brave men..

 

[nimo_cn]

mod edit : No O.T. please

 

[Rahul Singh]

This is utmost horrifying considering that there was an alive pilot trapped. My heart cries for the family.

 

[shiphone]

R.I.P...the test Pilot Yu... .

MOD EDIT : RIP to the brave soul, but also to add that further OT will attract infraction.

 

[nefory]

This is a brand new inducted aircraft ( 2004)so as to speak- and two offically reported crashes in under 7 years... dont know how many other incidents w/ this aircraft have taken place - because china does not put out negative information.

Brand....Brand new? The plane which crashed in an air show 2 days ago was the prototype 814. It belongs to CFTE for testing avionics. It's a pretty old plane. Good thing to ask is why the hell CFTE love to show their old prototypes in an air-show. Two years ago, in the exact same air show, they were fying 814, which just crashed 2 days ago, and also J10 1003, which is also an old J10 prototype. These old planes which only meant for test flight shouldn't be flying in an air show.

 

[Rahul Singh]

don't blame others for your incapability dealing with poverty ,fairness, corruption and other inner affairs. you'd better have a study on the history and cause of these guerrilla forces...some indian media is good at making news on purpose...

and IF it is true or assuming there were such cases, you should blame GOI who failed objection publicly and take strong action against it[

Great! Poverty and Corruption, and how did they and similar connect with post you just replied to? Besides, who is fooling who, you need not to be a scholar to know where lies support and supply base of NE terrorists and Maoists in addition to Terrorist Republic of Pakistan. Blame GoI or not, fact remains, one who actively support nation's sworn enemies with sole purpose of damaging our country can't be our friend and can't be respects beyond humanity.

 

[Rahul M]

nimo, the impact of media outrage at crashes on IAF accident rate is well known by all informed members. there's no need to broadcast your lack of information on the subject by ill advised flames. fighters of the mig-21 generation have had a very high accident rate whichever air force they were flown by. its contemporary, the F-104 starfighter was called the widowmaker.
only air forces like PAF and PLAAF operated these types without ever having any significant number of crashes, that can be attributed to media suppression of crashes or low flying hours by pilots or both.

only once did the PAF come out with its crash figures and it emerged that even at its worst levels in recent years, i.e late 90's, IAF still had an attrition rate half to 1/3 that of PAF. read it if you are interested.
BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR� Volume 2(4)

also, PLAAF did have very low annual flying hours per pilot as recently as the 90's. the flying hours/year for each fighter pilot in late 90's was approximately as follows :
USAF 220-240 hours
western air forces : 200 hours
IAF : 180 hours (it has since gone up to 220-230 hours in the 2000's)
PAF 150 hours
PLAAF 110-120 hours

here is a summary of estimates of PLAAF flying hours. some are as low as 40 hours per year ! :shocked:
MeiZhongTai

 

[Vladimir79]

Brand....Brand new? The plane which crashed in an air show 2 days ago was the prototype 814. It belongs to CFTE for testing avionics. It's a pretty old plane. Good thing to ask is why the hell CFTE love to show their old prototypes in an air-show. Two years ago, in the exact same air show, they were fying 814, which just crashed 2 days ago, and also J10 1003, which is also an old J10 prototype. These old planes which only meant for test flight shouldn't be flying in an air show.

It doesn't make sense to fly prototypes in an air show, which begs the question was it a prototype or an active unit as most demos are.

 

[Pintu]

RIP to the dead.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Rest In Peace..