IAF Mi-17V5 Crashed Near Coonoor (Tamil Nadu)-CDS Onboard

[Suryavanshi]

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh crashed in a Dhruv right? Both pilots survived iirc

No one died and one was severely injured.

Dhruv even seems stronger on first look.

Mi 17 has longer fulesge so the structure integrity get's compromised with length.


Dhruv crash for refrence

 

[here2where]

 

[mist_consecutive]

Om Shanti. What a sad day.

 

[Godhimself]

It's official. What a sad day.

 

[Lancer]

Fucking Hell

 

[Angel of War]

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 number of ALH in service as V5s yet the latter crash far more regularly and almost always take all onboard

how many V5s have crashed till now ?

 

[FalconZero]

Om Shanti!

 

[SavageKing456]

Om shanti cds rawat sir.....

 

[fire starter]

Rest in Peace gorkha warrior.

 

[Angel of War]

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 number of ALH in service as V5s yet the latter crash far more regularly and almost always take all onboard

only 4 MI 17V5s have crashed since 2010

 

[Pash]

RIP CDS Rawat

 

[not so dravidian]

CDS RAWAT IS DEAD

 

[Marliii]

Om shanti. You are our hero

 

[Hithard]

This won't be on flightradar. Military aircraft movements, that too of VVIP will never be registered on flightradar.



I meant only political top brass. PM, DM, HM, FM, President.

And yes, 12 helos are correct because it is a single squadron strength. Btw military top brass use ALH too which is not configured for any VVIP setup.

Flightradar24 uses ADS-B for tracking. I think military will use mode C. Only altitude and speed is transmitted. Which if receivers available nearby can capture store in flightradar24 database but cannot be pointed on map. However unless specifically blocked by FR24, if more than 3 radars capture the same a/c data, they will triangulate and plot it on map.

 

[abingdonboy]

Can someone explain the issues with MI-17 helis and how AW would have been a better choice.

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 superior onboard diagnostics

I could go on. It’s basically Mercedes Maybach vs Lada

 

[sorcerer]

Om Shanti CDS Sir

 

[another_armchair]

Om Shanti!

Mother has lost a true warrior son!

God give strength to the families of the departed.

 

[not so dravidian]

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 superior onboard diagnostics

I could go on. It’s basically Mercedes Maybach vs Lada

Sir u shud try the book untold story of Augusta Westland

 

[angryIndian]

It's official. What a sad day.

RIP General Rawat.Thank for your service to the Nation.

 

[Mikesingh]

Known long ago but it's official now. IAF confirms both CDS Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika no more.

RIP