The first crash of LCA in Rajasthan was caused due to maintenance issues with IAF. So please do not blame HAL. This crash needs to be investigated. If the pilot was conscious, the aircraft would have crashed in nose up attitude. in this case it just slams to the ground in flat attitude. Tejas has auto recovery mode from such cases but for such displays, its deactivated. I still maintain that it was either a pilot error or negative G-LOC.
I am deliberately with holding saying anything. I do not know wht really happened. Looks like pilot error. But I am waiting for official confirmation.
No, he didn't he passed away.
In my comment I didn't blame HAL for this tragic incident, but expressed my concerns regarding HAL's previous records and reputation. I am not going to conclude on anything till the enquiry is complete on this incident. Pilot error / G-LOC / maintenance issue from IAF anything can be reason here, even SABOTAGE is non-deniable too. But we should not remain blindfolded in the case of HAL's records with our previous projects. JAI HIND.
Before you get your BP too high may I ask you was that figure for Informal or Formal trade? Because indirect trade could still happen despite barriers. You know that right it's very difficult to stop informal trade how much barrier you might place. Especially trade via third country like Afganistan. Because if you trade with Afghanistan, some of those products would end up reaching Pakistan. Anyways the same data you are quoting mentions Pakistan exports to India even if via informal routes is all time low and what has mostly increased is Pakistan's import of Indian goods.
Absolutely worse kind of a news one could hope for. Just pray that our pilots are safe
