GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1814
TO BE ANSWERED ON 1.8.2017
MISSING FIGHTER PLANES
1814. DR. SANJAY SINH:
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that missing of fighter planes of the country has become a regular
phenomenon;
(b) if so, the number of missing planes and jets during the last three years;
(c) the number of fighters and defence aircraft crashed during the last three years; and
(d) the incidence-wise rescued and the report of cockpit operations therefor?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE

(a) & (b): No fighter plane has gone missing in the last 3 years, except one AN 32 transport
aircraft presumed to have crashed into the Bay of Bengal during a sortie from Air Force
Station Tambaram to Port Blair on 22.7.2016.

(c) 37 fighters and defence aircraft have crashed during the last three years.

(d) Incidence-wise report is as under:-

Year Date Aircraft Pilot saved / survived

2014-15 27.5.14 MiG-21 Bison Pilot Killed
3.7.14 MiG-21 T-75 Pilot exited safely.
25.7.14 ALH Mk III 1 pilot, 1 aircrew and 4 service personnel
killed.
1.8.14 Jaguar Pilot ejected safely.
21.8.14 Kiran Trainee Pilot exited safely.
18.9.14 Chetak 417 2 crew rescued, two fatal casualties
recovered subsequently.
20.9.14 AN-32 No casualty.
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1.10.14 Cheetah 3 defence personnel killed.

14.10.14 SU-30 MKI Pilot ejected safely.
27.1.15 MiG-27 UPG Pilot ejected safely.
31.1.15 MiG-21 Bison Pilot ejected safely.
2.2.15 Cheetah No casualty.
11.2.15 ALH 2 defence personnel killed.
5.3.15 Jaguar Pilot ejected safely.
24.3.15 Dornier 240 One crew rescued and two fatal casualties
recovered subsequently.
2015-16 19.4.15 Chetak No casualty.
25.4.15 Mi-35 No casualty.
8.5.15 MiG-27 ML Pilot ejected safely.
19.5.15 SU-30 MKI Pilot ejected safely.
3.6.15 Hawk Mk-132 Pilot ejected safely.
16.6.15 Jaguar Pilot ejected safely.
24.8.15 MiG-21 Bison Pilot ejected safely.
11.3.16 Cheetah No casualty.
2016-17 12.5.16 MiG-21 M Pilot ejected safely.
13.6.16 MiG-27 UPG Pilot ejected safely.
22.7.16 AN-32 RE 2 pilots, 2 aircrew, 16 service personnel and
9 civilian killed.
4.8.16 Hawk Mk-132 Pilot ejected safely.
10.9.16 MiG-21 T-69 Pilot ejected safely.
13.9.16 Jaguar Pilot ejected safely.
3.10.16 Jaguar Pilot ejected safely.
19.10.16 Mi-17 V5 No casualty.
30.11.16 Cheetah 4 defence personnel killed.
15.3.17 Chetak No casualty.
15.3.17 SU-30 MKI Pilot ejected safely.
2017-18 23.5.17 SU-30 MKI 2 pilots killed.
4.7.17 ALH MK lll 2 pilots, 1 aircrew and 1 civilian killed.
6.7.17 MiG-23 UB Pilot ejected safely.

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