Naval Aircraft Crash

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft or RPA of the Indian Navy crashed during take off just outside the Naval base in Kochi today, a Defence spokesperson said. No casualties were reported.

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan today said Indian Navy has been taking up remedial measures to avoid aircraft crash by analysing every accident, while stressing that air safety is of paramount importance.

Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - country's first woman officer to die in the line of duty - was cremated with full military honours today in Mewat, Haryana. Two years ago 27-year-old Lt Shekhawat had married a fellow naval officer Lt Vivek Chokar, but the two had never lived together. This was meant to change next month.

Two naval officers who died in an air crash last week were cremated today will full military honours. Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat and Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori were on a Dornier aircraft which went down on Tuesday night off the Goa coast.

The bodies of two naval officers missing since Tuesday night when a Dornier aircraft crashed off the Goa coast have been recovered. Three people were on the plane when it went down. Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, who was the pilot of the aircraft, was rescued by fishermen and is in hospital.

Nine ships spent the day searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing.

Nine ships are searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing. The captain of the aircraft, Commander Nikhil Joshi, was rescued by a fishing vessel and is in hospital. A woman officer is among the pair that has yet to be found.

A naval aircraft crashed off the western Indian coast leaving two pilots missing, the navy said on Wednesday.

A Dornier aircraft of the Indian Navy, which was on a routine training mission with three personnel on board, crashed last night about 25 nautical miles South West of Goa.

A US Navy aircraft from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island crashed in Washington state on Monday morning, and all three crew members on board died, authorities said.

Members of a parliamentary panel cutting across party lines today expressed serious concern over crashes involving MiG aircraft and the cost overruns in the refit of aircraft carrier naval ship Admiral Gorshkov during a meeting with a Russian parliamentary delegation.

An aircraft of a naval aerobatic team crashed on Wednesday during an airshow in Hyderabad and police said the pilot was killed and four others were injured on the ground.

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft or RPA of the Indian Navy crashed during take off just outside the Naval base in Kochi today, a Defence spokesperson said. No casualties were reported.

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan today said Indian Navy has been taking up remedial measures to avoid aircraft crash by analysing every accident, while stressing that air safety is of paramount importance.

Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - country's first woman officer to die in the line of duty - was cremated with full military honours today in Mewat, Haryana. Two years ago 27-year-old Lt Shekhawat had married a fellow naval officer Lt Vivek Chokar, but the two had never lived together. This was meant to change next month.

Two naval officers who died in an air crash last week were cremated today will full military honours. Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat and Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori were on a Dornier aircraft which went down on Tuesday night off the Goa coast.

The bodies of two naval officers missing since Tuesday night when a Dornier aircraft crashed off the Goa coast have been recovered. Three people were on the plane when it went down. Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, who was the pilot of the aircraft, was rescued by fishermen and is in hospital.

Nine ships spent the day searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing.

Nine ships are searching off the Goa coast for a naval aircraft that crashed last night, leaving two pilots missing. The captain of the aircraft, Commander Nikhil Joshi, was rescued by a fishing vessel and is in hospital. A woman officer is among the pair that has yet to be found.

A naval aircraft crashed off the western Indian coast leaving two pilots missing, the navy said on Wednesday.

A Dornier aircraft of the Indian Navy, which was on a routine training mission with three personnel on board, crashed last night about 25 nautical miles South West of Goa.

A US Navy aircraft from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island crashed in Washington state on Monday morning, and all three crew members on board died, authorities said.

Members of a parliamentary panel cutting across party lines today expressed serious concern over crashes involving MiG aircraft and the cost overruns in the refit of aircraft carrier naval ship Admiral Gorshkov during a meeting with a Russian parliamentary delegation.

An aircraft of a naval aerobatic team crashed on Wednesday during an airshow in Hyderabad and police said the pilot was killed and four others were injured on the ground.