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Raj Kumar Makkad (Adv P & H High Court Chandigarh)     04 March 2010

SAFETY FIRST

THE crash of a Kiran Mark II trainer aircraft, which was part of the Indian Navy aerobatic Sagar Pawan team performing over the Begumpet airport in Secunderabad, has highlighted two sets of risk.

 

First, the hazard associated with aerobatics as such, and second, the danger posed to inhabitants who live in the area where the exercise takes place. Begumpet airport is particularly vulnerable to the second sort of risk because it is almost completely surrounded by human habitation. Any crash near the perimeter of the airfield cannot but be a danger to those living in that area.

 

As for aerobatics, risk is built into the daring maneuvers that pilots perform. Even so, it is particularly poignant that the pilots involved in the crash in Secunderabad have lost their lives. Sadly, this is the third mishap involving aerobatic displays of the Indian armed forces in recent months. Last Saturday, a Dhruv helicopter belonging to the Indian Air Force's Sarang team crashlanded in Jaisalmer. On January 21, a pilot of the IAF's Suryakiran aerobatic team, which also flies the Kiran aircraft, was killed when his aircraft met with an accident.

 

The armed forces have in recent years developed the aerobatic teams as a means of showing their flying skills to the public at large. However, there is need for the authorities to conduct safety audits before such exercises are undertaken. It goes without saying, of course, that the Navy and the IAF check the mechanical reliability of the Kiran as well.

 



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Daksh (Student)     05 March 2010

Mr.Raj Kumar Makkad,

With all humility and respect I would beg to differ with you for the following reasons :

What is the objective of starting this thread -  To bring to the notice of the members the importance of safety.  Is there a single averment to the efffect that there was any intentional overlapping or sloppiness by the professionals who were part of these drills.    Certainly the answer has to be a big no then what's the use in training the guns for all the more  wrong reasons.  My words might be harsh but think from the perspective of the person who are part of these drills - do you think that after reading this -  there morale will be high. 

Either we are part of the problem or part of the solution.   Theoretically it is the duty of the Press to keep the persons responsible on their toe - in this instance that doesn't seems to be the objective more particularly neither there is anything to say and suggest that the previous Safety Audits were intentionallly ignored or even otherwise. 

We have to be proud of our bretherens who are serving or were serving and or as aspiring to be role model in the future  ( I know for sure some professionals from our fraternity who not only in principle but in practice as well do not charge from Serving and retired persons in olive and are proud of this fact) and "SHOULD AND MUST REFRAIN FROM MAKING THESE KIND OF POINTED VAGUE STATEMENTS"

Best Regards

Daksh


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