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HAL will not accept mechanical theory. As it has been flown before by it’s pilots. Now twist will be ghost of discussion by eminent panelists, experts in avionics, and politicians become master degree avionics aerodynamics. And finally verdict will defend on inside funding of “for and against” mechanical failure theory. Whoever has gut will win discussion in paper, electronic media, TV etc. There will no question whether real for accident has been unearthed or not. Only there concern will be I or my reputation should maintain by hook and crook method. Finally who wants to own failure, nobody, so nobody will be responsible. Case closed and then suddenly dhraaaam!!! One more crash!
A trend of our country.
It’s it’s time for Rahul gandhi to keep quiet
For good sake, at least mention the name of the pilots….
To be fair, seven crashes in eighteen years is not incomparably worse than three in fourteen, since these aircraft are aging. From what has been appearing in the public domain, there are issues with the working of HAL. It is probably also true that buying weapons from private foreign manufacturers is – meaning no disrespect – a more pleasant task than buying them from a domestic PSU. It would be wonderful for MoD to bring IAF and HAL to the same meeting hall and thrash issues out, in the larger national interest. While designing and manufacturing a fifth generation fighter aircraft may be beyond HAL’s capabilities – one is no fan of the Tejas, which looks like a toy – it can certainly partner with a foreign manufacturer to assemble aircraft or choppers in India, with progressively greater local content, followed by responsibility for maintenance and upgrades. It was building supersonic jets before younger brother was born.
HAL is a two penny, third class, inefficient Socialist junk