Aside from the Air India airplane crash on June 12 that killed 260 individuals, there have been three trainee plane accidents and 4 helicopter accidents.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol informed the Lok Sabha that the reason for these accidents is underneath probe by the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).
“There have been a complete of 08 accidents (involving 1 scheduled plane, 3 trainee plane and 4 helicopters) reported within the yr 2025 (until date),” he mentioned in a written reply.
On April 22, one individual was killed in a helicopter accident in Gujarat, whereas on Could 8, six individuals died in a chopper crash in Uttarakhand. In one other helicopter accident in Uttarakhand, seven individuals have been killed on June 15.
As many as 84 individuals have been injured within the eight accidents, together with 81 individuals within the Air India airplane crash. In a separate written reply, Mohol mentioned a complete of 18 accidents involving Indian civil registered scheduled plane have been reported from 2015 until date. “Cost of compensation to the passenger or subsequent of kin in case of demise or bodily harm to the passenger, brought on by air accident /incident is ruled by the provisions of Carriage by Air Act, 1972.
“India has ratified the Montreal Conference, 1999 by making amendments to the Carriage by Air Act, 1972 in 2009. As per the mentioned act, the legal responsibility of fee of compensation in case of demise, delay, harm or loss to individuals, baggage or cargo for worldwide carriage, is of the carriers,” Mohol mentioned.
