The media here had a story about a chopper crash. Was it the usual (and uncritically-met) spindoctoring which allowed the reports to focus on the "crew of three rescued safely" and "no civilian damage" angles? As usual, reports of this kind end with the statement that a court of inquiry has been ordered. Of course, we never learn of what emerges from this! See the reports here: http://tinyurl.com/dku3cw
Sometime ago, using the Right to Information Act, help from a friend in Kerala, and the support of the edition of a national magazine, one managed to dig-up some shocking information about the Sea Harriers that the Indian Navy purchased from the UK. Put briefly (quoting the emerging article): "The aircrafts have not been in a single war, but in the past two decades, 16 out of 31 Harriers have crashed." http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/26013747/The-Indian-Navy8217s-deadly.html Something serious going on here! FN -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://twitter.com/fn On Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/people/Frederick-Noronha/502514643 "All the sugar, Twice the caffeine" - Ad slogan for Jolt Cola
