Plane crashes in India are frequent, setting a staggering record. According to incomplete statistics, there have been more than 1,000 plane crashes in India over the past 40 years, with an average of two planes crashing per month. Among them, the number of crashes of MiG series fighters is as high as hundreds of sorties. One of the Indian Air Force colonel commanders even ridiculed: with such a frequency of crashes, the Indian Air Force does not need to fight the enemy, because the crash is enough.
Therefore, it is no wonder that India's ** is questioned internationally by jokingly calling the Indian Air Force the world's number one "crash king", because the situation is too dangerous. In an attempt to change that image, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi even had to test fly his own fighter jet himself to prove to the world that Indian-made aircraft are still of high quality. It can be said that plane crashes in India have become a tradition that has been going on for decades.
The outside world can't help but wonder if Indian pilots drink Ganges water all year round, because no matter which country makes the fighter planes, even if they are home-made aircraft, Indian planes seem to crash frequently. Over the past 40 years, the Indian Air Force has crashed more than 1,000 warplanes, more than most countries and regions on the planet have.
What is even more surprising is that no matter what type of aircraft crashes in India, many world-famous aircraft have also crashed frequently in India, such as the Mirage 2000 purchased from France, the Russian MiG fighter, and even the C-130 transport plane purchased from the United States, all of which have crashed in India. In particular, the crash rate of self-produced fighters is even more alarming.
Some netizens joked: "It is estimated that even Russia and the United States will not dare to sell planes to India anymore, for fear of losing face."
Regarding technical failures, in 2011, the Indian Air Force issued a report after investigating more than 1,000 fighter plane crashes, stating that the main causes of Indian Air Force aircraft crashes included technical failures of fighter aircraft (395%), pilot error (39%), bird impact (9%), ground personnel error (1.).5%) and production process defects (0.).6%), etc.
The situation of the Indian aviation industry cannot be ignored, especially Hindustan Aeronautics as India's largest and only aircraft manufacturing and maintenance company. Companies that repair planes are betting on luck, and every time they produce or overhaul an aircraft, as long as they can avoid a crash, they win the jackpot.
For example, they assembled and repaired 10 MiG-21 fighters, and as a result, 8 of them crashed;4 Mirage 2000 fighters were repaired by them, and all of them crashed;Another 7 MiG-27 fighters were assembled and repaired, as a result of which 4 crashed;And the 3 MiG-29 fighters that they overhauled, all of which crashed as a result....
Since 2008, hundreds of fighter jets and *** maintained or assembled by this company have crashed. Some statistics show that the planes manufactured by this company almost maintain the frequency of crashing every half month. Most of the crashes were due to the fact that the company had equipped the fighter with substandard and unsuitable parts, resulting in a "technical malfunction" during the re-flight.
Someone described it this way: "They repair an airplane, or they repair an engine, and at the end of the repair, there is a screw left, so throw it away." ”。Indian netizens can't stand it, the biggest enemy of the Indian Air Force is not Pakistan or China, but India's own Stan Airlines, which single-handedly "eliminated" most of India's fixed-wing fighters. There is no way, who calls the level of India's military manufacturing weak foundation.
Modi test-flew a fighter jet. Despite this, India does not know the self-confidence that comes from **, and has been boasting that "if China can do it, I can do it too". Seeing that China's share of equipment exports has reached the position of the world's second largest arms exporter, India is not far behind.
Although the outside world has a shadow on the ** and fighter jets produced in India, no one dares to buy them, but in order to prove that Indian manufacturing is no longer what it used to be, Modi, as the prime minister of India, has to set an example himself. Just recently, Modi, who is in his 70s, changed into a pilot's outfit, put on sunglasses and a helmet, sat in the cockpit of a fighter jet, and took a full 30-minute test ride.
I have to admit that this old man's physical fitness is really amazing!To tell the truth, the country's leaders dared to test the fighter jets of their own production, and they were quite hard. It is worth mentioning that Modi tested the Tejas fighter made in India this time. After the test ride, Modi gave a thumbs up, calling it "the pride of India".
Speaking of this fighter, in order to develop it, India also spent a huge amount of money and 20 years, which can be called "the light of India's domestic fighter". The Tejas is the only third-generation aircraft in the world that has never crashed, including 2 technical demonstrators, 6 Air Force prototypes, 2 carrier-based prototypes, 2 trainer prototypes, 8 limited editions and more than 30 production versions, all of which remain intact.
This fighter uses a large number of Western components inside, and key components, including aircraft engines, are imported from abroad, so it can be strictly defined as "made in all countries". Although the exterior is original to India, the internal structure is actually a collection of foreign technology. Although the Tejas never crashed, it was not without accidents.
For example, on October 12, 2010, a Tejas fighter suffered a cockpit loss of pressure and two flight control system failures, but fortunately the pilot successfully landed the plane safely with his excellent skills. At first, the Indian military was not optimistic about the Tejas fighters, and it was not until the prime minister personally took a test ride that it began to change the degree, and finally purchased 97 "Tejour" fighters.
However, after the purchase of so many fighters, the number of fighters that will survive intact is still unknown. India has always cherished the dream of a great power and a strong country, but to realize this dream, it needs to be supported by a solid industrial foundation. India's military industrial base is weak, so even if it has ambitions to develop ** equipment, it will be difficult to get out of the situation of "buying, buying, buying" in the end.
If one day there is a situation where the country is in trouble and cannot buy ** equipment, even if there is money, nothing will be accomplished. Therefore, self-reliance and independent research and development are the best policies.