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1978 : 15

A total of 15 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
18 Feb 78 Iskra TS-11 Plt Offr Gunbir Singh Chhabra +
 FTW In Memoriam
02 Mar 78 Packet C-119 Sqn Ldr Vipin Arora +
Sqn ldr Prakash Chander Anand +		 12 Sqn F/L RL Tikku (12052) NAV, F/L Ashok Kumar (11974)
06 Mar 78 HT-2 Capt S K Sharma +
 EFS In Memoriam
18 Mar 78 Hunter Fg Offr Nur Ul Amin Saharia +
 27 Sqn In Memoriam
21 Mar 78 Kiran HJT-16 Flt Cdt Naresh Kumar Ahuja +
 AFA In Memoriam
07 Apr 78 Kiran HJT-16 Flt Cdt Anjan Kumar Sen +
 AFA In Memoriam
08 Jul 78 HF-24 Marut D-1276 Sqn Ldr Joginder Singh Kapoor +
 Click to View Record 31 Sqn
22 Jul 78 Hunter Flt Lt Tejbir Singh Chadha +
 27 Sqn In Memoriam
28 Jul 78 MiG-21 Gp Capt Ramanathan Sundaresan +
 Click to View Record Mid Air Collision with Mig at Pathankot.
08 Aug 78 Gnat E-1047 Sqn Ldr Romesh Chand Nanda +
 Click to View Record 22 Sqn Cr into Barrier abandoned TO at Baghdogra
05 Oct 78 Canberra B(I) 58 Fg Offr Johnson Chacko
Flt Lt Siddhartha Chaudhary		 Click to View Record 5 Sqn Possibly Repaired Hydraulic failure - belly landed on runway - full
20 Oct 78 MiG-21 Flt Lt Gopal Krishnan +
 7 Sqn In Memoriam
03 Nov 78 Chetak Sqn Ldr Anil Kumar Dogra +
Sqn Ldr Manohar Lal Monga +		 114 HU Crashed 15 Miles SW of Leh
03 Nov 78 Hunter Plt Offr P Kumar
 Martin Baker List
19 Nov 78 Antonov An-12 L-650 Flt Lt Anand Mohan Singh Tanwar +
Sqn Ldr Gur Swaroop Sinha +		 44 Sqn Cr at Leh airport. Sqn Ldr harminder Singh (10620)

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