Indian Navy Sea Harrier Crashes; Pilot Presumed Dead

[pmukherjee]

Captain Sharma was good friend of mine, very humorous person left mother, wife, sister and a son behind. God give them strength to cope.

May his soul RIP.
May God grant courage to the family to bear the loss.
I am attaching a favourite song by Queen- "No one but you only the good die young "

 

[sancho]

Poor pilot.
When exactly are the Harriers going to be replaced by the MiG 29s?

Actually they can't be replaced by Mig 29K, because the Sea Harrier serves on the INS Viraat which is not a stobar carrier. So the Sea Harrier has to serve at least as long as Viraat is in service (around 2016).

 

[PAFAce]

India did not want to get the newer UK harriers which were dumped out of service. Understandable but upgrading these even a lot older harriers is a tricky buss cause the airframes are old and notorious when it comes to handling and safety. I think the upgrading was not a good move cause there is no real opponent sofar and the planes are nog good enough. But then again if you have a multi million vessels then you better use it cause otherwise you throw away cash. And there is no alternative plane for that vessel unless they get naval JSF. I think with numbers going down the IN will ahve to look at second hand newer Harriers. my 2 cents.

There will be plenty of second hand Harriers available in a few years' time, as many are replaced by the JSF. In fact, most of these will be of type Harrier AV-8B II and BAE Harrier II, expensive but more modern.

 

[SSGPA1]

Captain Sharma was good friend of mine, very humorous person left mother, wife, sister and a son behind. God give them strength to cope.

Sorry about your loss, it seems that he had a young family. May God give them strength and guidance.

 

[HK-47]

so it has been confirmed he is dead?no search party sent out?
that's really sad.