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IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
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The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Tejas fighter aircraft fleet is undergoing a “maintenance check” to determine the reason for the 7 February incident that occurred while one of the fighters was taking off from a base.
The incident caused severe damage to the aircraft frame, as ThePrint reported earlier. However, it occurred during take-off, not landing.
Sources in the defence and security establishment said a decision is yet to be made on the frame of the aircraft involved in the incident, adding that a cost calculation and other assessments will be carried out before deciding whether to salvage it or write it off.
The IAF and the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to investigate the incident.
“The team will then decide on remedial measures. This could be fleet-specific or just aircraft-specific,” a source said, adding that the fleet is undergoing maintenance checks.
The Tejas fighters will not take to the skies during this period, until absolutely necessary.
Giving details of the 7 February incident, the source said it was a “ground incident”, which means that it occurred while the aircraft was on the ground, not while it was flying.
Such developments, said sources, are officially categorised either as crash, accident or incident.
In this case it has been categorised as an incident.
The preliminary assessment is that a sudden technical issue cropped up when the aircraft was on a take-off run. The technical glitch, it is suspected, was related to the brakes which caused a tyre burst. This led to the aircraft to steer off the runway.
The pilot did not eject but escaped with ‘minor injuries’.
HAL in a statement to the stock exchange said “there has been no reported crash of the LCA Tejas” and “the event in question was a minor technical incident on ground”.
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This journalist is definitely getting paid big bucks to write such shit, it's obvious from the way it's worded.
A minor technical incident would not cause severe damage to the airframe.IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Tejas fighter aircraft fleet is undergoing a “maintenance check” to determine the reason for the 7 February incident that occurred while one of the fighters was taking off from a base.
The incident caused severe damage to the aircraft frame, as ThePrint reported earlier. However, it occurred during take-off, not landing.
Sources in the defence and security establishment said a decision is yet to be made on the frame of the aircraft involved in the incident, adding that a cost calculation and other assessments will be carried out before deciding whether to salvage it or write it off.
The IAF and the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to investigate the incident.
“The team will then decide on remedial measures. This could be fleet-specific or just aircraft-specific,” a source said, adding that the fleet is undergoing maintenance checks.
The Tejas fighters will not take to the skies during this period, until absolutely necessary.
Giving details of the 7 February incident, the source said it was a “ground incident”, which means that it occurred while the aircraft was on the ground, not while it was flying.
Such developments, said sources, are officially categorised either as crash, accident or incident.
In this case it has been categorised as an incident.
The preliminary assessment is that a sudden technical issue cropped up when the aircraft was on a take-off run. The technical glitch, it is suspected, was related to the brakes which caused a tyre burst. This led to the aircraft to steer off the runway.
The pilot did not eject but escaped with ‘minor injuries’.
HAL in a statement to the stock exchange said “there has been no reported crash of the LCA Tejas” and “the event in question was a minor technical incident on ground”.
This journalist is definitely getting paid big bucks to write such shit, it's obvious from the way it's worded.
Don't know where he got the number from, but he was the first one to say aircraft is repairable. While others were saying it would be written off. Before, Snehesh did a U-turn yesterday.
Yea looks like GE held back the engines or the US forced GE to hold back the engines in a sort of unfinished state.
Wasn't the plan recently shifted for the 2nd batch of the Tejas Mk1A ordered last year to feature the Uttam AESA while the first 73 units will continue with Elta ELM-2052?
with the delays in delivery it looks like the 41st onwards plan is back on track
The second batch will most probably have GaN based Uttam.
So I guess as it stands,
Batch-1:-
40 Tejas Mk1A (LA-5033 to LA-5072) - Elta EL/M-2052.
33 Tejas Mk1A (LA-5073 to LA-5105) - Uttam AESA GaAs.
Batch-2:-
97 Tejas Mk1A - Uttam AESA GaN.
AFAIK i know all batch 1 tejasmk1a will use elta aesa.
Is you're info about 33 mk1a using uttam GaAs an update over this info?
Yup. If Uttam MK1A goes up on first batch(from 42nd airframe), it will still be GaAs. But the second batch is now almost confirmed to be GaN(which is awesome).
huh there is no 2 batches of GaAs and GaN. uttam is GaN from the start