Russia grounded its Mig-29s, however the Indian Migs kept on flying (actually kept on crashing). India is upgrading its Mig-29s with kits that Russia sells. Malaysia is ready to dump the New Flying Coffins—the Mig 29s. Now Russia had grounded the Heavy Military Aircraft called the Il-76. Delhi has failed to follow suit and has not checked or grounded any of heavy military aircraft.
NEW DELHI: Russia’s move to ground its entire Ilyushin-76 fleet after one of the heavy-lift military aircraft crashed in Siberia on Sunday, killing the 11 crew members on board, has sparked widespread concerns in India.
IAF has two IL-76 ‘Gajraj’ squadrons (around 12 aircraft in all), one based in Nagpur and other in Chandigarh, as well as six IL-78 mid-air refuellers in Agra. The aircraft crash in Russia on Sunday, soon after taking off from Mirny airport in the Sakha Republic, was the second such accident of IL-76, the mainstay of the Soviet and Russian air force since the 1970s, in less than a month.
“We’ve received no official word from Russia till now. We are trying to find out what led to the crash. Checks will be carried out on our IL-76s but there is no plan to ground them as of now,” said a senior IAF officer.
“Russia had also grounded its entire MiG-29 fleet earlier this year but we did not follow suit with our MiG-29 fighters. We’ve proper maintenance procedures in place and carried out extensive checks,” he added.
While IL-78 tankers acquired from Uzbekistan are relatively new, IL-76s were inducted from Russia in mid-1980s. Serviceability of IL-76s, which perform crucial strategic air-lift work for IAF, has been quite a problem. Grounding of IL-76 worries IAF TNN 3 November 2009, 01:40am IST
‘Naked’ India needs Nuclear tests to deal with China: Santhanam 
Indian Army chief Malik unsure about Nukes doubts Kalam 
The entire Indian establishment has been lying about the Pokhran duds for a decade 
India’s Pokhran duds blow up 11 years later: Huge political fallout 
India’s ‘98 Nuclear duds complicate 123 deal with USA and CTBT signing
How Abdul Kalam stole US secrets for Delhi’s rockets
Indian “Nuclear Sub” not “Nuclear”: Sailing empty hull without reactor 
Rust bucket Arihant: Delhi’s clunky, noisy Soviet era Charlie class tub assembled from Russian submarine kit 
India’s Bullock Cart Space program Made in USA & Russia 
More Duds: The fiasco of the IAFs Mig 29s 
The Delhi Dud Report on Indian Defense: Arms that don’t work 
Rust bucket Arihant: Delhi’s clunky, noisy Soviet era Charlie class tub assembled from Russian submarine kit 
Delhi Duds: The fiasco of the IAFs Mig 29s
The Delhi Dud Report on Indian Defense: Arms that don’t work
Indian Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), continues to falter even after 25 years 
Tejas 1983: A dismal failure which became obsolete in the design phase
How Abdul Kalam Stole US secrets for Delhi’s rockets Delhi’s Tejas 
World Record: 500th Flying coffin crashes 
Russian FGFA: Tricolor paint
Moscow sale to Delhi: Russian Mig 35s are simply Mig 29s with new decals
Delhi’s missiles 
Brahmos: Faster than the speeding bullet 
Abject failure in indigenous arms production forced Delhi to buy weapons without Transfer of Technology
After Moscow’s grounding, when will Delhi ground the New Flying Coffins?
Delhi’s deeply frozen Israeli Missiles: Windfall profits for Delhi politicians but no Baraks
Unmitigated failure: Indian Tejas scrapped. New Snecma plane?
Aircraft Carrier “Admiral Gorshkov”: Delhi wanted a Lada, & now demands a Mercedes
Moscow sale to Delhi: Russian Mig 35s are simply Mig 29s with new decals
Brahmos: Faster than the speeding bullet
After Moscow’s grounding, when will Delhi ground the New Flying Coffins?
The CAG Report on Indian duds video 
Who is responsible for the duds in the Bharati Defense establishment. VIDEO
Duds in the Bharati Defense establishment. Part II VIDEO
Comedy of errors: IAF bombs Gandhi canal in Jaisalmir-India
If the US can sell Junk jets to Japan why not Bharat?
India’s inadequate aircraft strength: it is not enough: IAF Chief P V Naik
