Aircraft Attrition of the Indian Armed Forces Year 2000
[All statistics below represent aircraft that were either totally destroyed or rendered beyond economical repair.]
Date Aircraft Unit Location Casualties Causes Comments 12 January 2000 1 MiG-27 IAF - - - - 13 April 2000 1 MiG-21 IAF Sirsa, India - - - 25 April 2000 1 MiG-23 IAF Patiala, Punjab, India 1 Killed Engine failure. - ? May 2000 1 HPT-32 Trainer IAF Academy - - - - 6 May 2000 1 MiG-21 IAF Ambala, Punjab, India - - - 10 May 2000 1 MiG-23 IAF Halwara, Punjab, India 1 OK Technical engine malfunction while on a landing approach at night. Pilot S.S. Dalal. 13 May 2000 1 MiG-21 IAF Nal, India - - - 17 May 2000 1 Allouette III Cheetah Helicopter Border Road Organisation, IAF Baralacha Pass, Himachal Pradesh, India 2 Killed, 1 inj. Unknown Capt. Srivastav (killed),
Wg. Cdr. Chander Singh (killed), Flt. Lt. Rajesh Bhosal (injured).17 May 2000 1 Alouette III Cheetah Helicopter Border Road Organisation, IAF Suraj Tal, Himachal Pradesh, India 4 OK Unknown Brig. B.M. Baxi,
Commander S.S. Purewal, Pilot Flt. Lt. Amit Goel, Lt. S.K. Yadav.22 May 2000 1 MiG-21 IAF Barmer, Jaisalmer Distt., Rajasthan, India 1 Killed Unknown At 7:15 a.m., the aircraft, on a regular training flight from Uttarlai Air Force Base in Jaisalmer district, crashed near Nimbala village about 32 km from Barmer. 24 May 2000 1 Kiran Jet Trainer IAF Nittoor, Bidar District, Karnataka, India 2 OK Unknown - 12 June 2000 1 MiG-27 IAF Midnapore, West Bengal, India 3 inj. Engine fire Pilot ejected. 12 June 2000 1 Unknown Helicopter IAF Watlab, 70 kms
northwest of Srinagar, Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir3 OK - Maj. Gen. J. S. Mukerjee, Chief of Staff of 15 Corps, Indian Army survived. 3 July 2000 1 Unknown Helicopter IAF Northern Ladakh, Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir 2 Killed, 1 inj. Mechanical trouble Pawan Chaudhary, Assistant Commandant of ITBP, Flt. Off. S. S. Puranik killed while Flt. Lt. S. R. Kagdi injured. 13 July 2000 1 MiG-21U IAF Midnapore, West Bengal, India 2 Killed - Crashed 6 km south of Kalaikunda Air Base. Both Wg. Cdr. A. K. Morgain, Sqn. Ldr. V. K. Srivastav killed. 5 August 2000 1 MIG-21 No. 21 Sqn., IAF Palam Airport, New Delhi, India 1 Killed Engine/structural failiure Flt. Lt. S. C. Shukla killed when his MiG-21, which was brought to Delhi for an exhibition, crashed during take-off and
fell in pieces by the 3-wing runway at Palam Airport.Total: 16 Aircraft Lost Total Killed: 9 Killed
