9 fighter aircraft, 4 choppers crashed in 2011-12, in which 7 service personnel died
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New Delhi: Altogether 19 fighter aircraft and 11 helicopters of the armed forces crashed in last three years in which 24 service personnel were killed, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
Defence minister Arun Jaitley said that nine fighter aircraft and four choppers crashed in 2011-12, in which seven service personnel lost their lives. These crashed aircraft include two mirage aircraft.
In 2012-13, four fighter aircraft and five helicopters crashed in which 15 service personnel were killed. Mr Jaitley told the House that in 2014-15, so far only one fighter aircraft crashed, claiming the life of a service personnel.
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