SU-30 pilot involved in a mid-air collision with another fighter during a combat training sortie.
Mishap caused Rs 47-crore damages
| MAR 19, 2019
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Vijay Mohan
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 18
The “severe displeasure” awarded to an SU-30 pilot involved in a mid-air collision with another fighter during a combat training sortie, that caused damages of over Rs 47 crore, has been set aside by the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) on grounds of procedural irregularities.
Based upon findings of a court of inquiry (CoI), Chief of the Air Staff had approved the severe displeasure for 24 months to a Group Captain and a Wing Commander and severe displeasure for 12 months to a Flight Lieutenant in 2017 for alleged violation of rules of combat, flight safety considerations and direct piloting lapses.
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