Mas de 100 MiG-27 de la Fuerza Aérea India están paralizados tras el accidente sufrido por uno de ellos el 16 de Febrero.Las versiones del MiG-27 de entrenamiento si están volando, debido a que tienen diferente motor. En el resto de la flota se están revisando los motores en profundidad. El núcleo de la Fuerza Aérea India está formado por aviones MiG entrados en años, y el inadecuado mantenimiento y escaso entrenamiento de los pilotos, son la causa del alto índice de accidentes.
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Over 100 MiG-27s are yet to take to the skies after being grounded following the crash of one of these `swing-wing' strike fighters in West Bengal on February 16."The MiG-27 trainer variants are flying since they have a different engine. As far as the other engines are concerned, we are going in for more details before we decide if any more checks are required,'' said IAF chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik on Tuesday. As earlier reported by TOI, the entire MiG-27 fleet had been grounded after preliminary reports indicated that the `failure of low-pressure turbine blades', which is not in the realm of day-to-day servicing and maintenance, had led to the mishap on February 16. Incidentally, the over 100 MiG-27MLs in the IAF fleet were hardly flown in 2005-2006 after it was found that their R-29 engines were causing a large number of accidents.
Ageing MiG variants, which constitute the bulk of India's combat fleet, coupled with shoddy maintenance and inadequate training to rookie pilots, have all contributed to the high crash rate in IAF.
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