What's the BIG deal? Crashes do occur. Every single type of plane on planet Earth has had its share of crashes - even the super high tech $2 billion per unit B-2 bomber. Out of 17, two have crashed and that means $4 billion up in smoke - equivalent of Rs 25,000 crores INR and Rs 50,000 crores Pak Rs!! That's worth how many JF-17s or MKIs? You can't even count how many!!
So WTF are we bellyaching about? Now let's have a peek at the statistics of other aircraft around the world....
Years to crash ratio(YTR)
*JFT=1 crash in 5 years (YTR=0.2)
*Gripen=8 crashes in 15 years(YTR=0.5333)
*Rafale=4 crashes in 11 years(YTR=0.363)
*EFT=3 crashes in 9 years(YTR=0.333)
*SU30=3 crashes in 10years(YTR=0.3)
*j-10=3 crashes in 7 years(YTR=0.4285)
So ralax! There's nothing extraordinary that's happened. Crashes do occur and will occur. Nothing is 100% perfect in this world. Not even me!!