Twenty-nine aircraft of the Indian Air Force have crashed due to technical defects and human error over the last five years.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for Defence, Subhash Bhamre, said every aircraft accident in the IAF is investigated by a Court of Inquiry (CoI) to ascertain the cause of the accident and the recommendations of the completed COIs are implemented. He said, the technical defects and human error were the main causes of the accidents.