I normal day with his/her normal lifestyle and following a normal routine. I got a phone call from my home that too a very normal thing as my parents call me every now and then.But the phone call was not as like the normal ones used to be. My mom told that my cousin brother is no more. His death became a front page news as another of the MiG 21 crashed near Punjab. He was Flt. Lt. Manu Akhouri last of the guys in Army from my Generation.I remembered him because my parents used to make me remember him.I was given the continuous and numerous examples of all my siblings whoever made some remarkable achievement.I used to be so much jealous of these kind of guys. I met him for the first time at a marriage and then again in a marriage.The last time I met him was when he came to Ranchi at his Grandmother's place.He had shown me some pics of the place where he took training and his GF.I loved his I-Pod so much that while leaving I stole it. My mom used to tell that he is a brilliant student and even a batch topper. His father is in Army and he followed his father's footsteps. He joined IAF how and when I dunno. Although I was not in contact with him for past few years and now I heard about him that he is no more.
I dont know how to react, Shall i feel proud that he belonged to my family or I feel normal as MiG crashes are just normal news nowdays. His batchmatesd said that he had time to jump out of parachute and letting the plane crash over the village but he chose otherwise. People cry and shout and later they forget and then a new one is there. It seems that Indians (we) have got used to it and change is no more possible
http://connect.in.com/manu-akhouri/article-mig-crash-flamed-out-another-iaf-pilot-0cdc7cd5e70c65ab893db8132b361515e0274ac6.html
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a very sad incident,first of all i will like to salute the bravery of the brave pilot ..and pray to god that god gives strength to his family to bear the loss.all indians are proud of him.
secondly its a case of great shame for our country that we are doing nothing to do away with thios MIG-21 and the defense establisment has zero concern about the life of a piot which takes years to groom.
We Indians get used to it, we start to live on with it than doing something against.
You should probably be angry on the people who run this country.
and anshul its not a regular incident.each such incident is a reminder to our defense ministry that they take proper action in doing away with this MIGS and induct the long due LAC.
So sad to hear. My condolences.
To be honest we hear about such incidents often and we dont even react until n unless the deceased is related to us.
And this blog me RDB !! when is our Govt really gonna wake up ?
remind*
sad ... RIP
Ye ek samanya ghatna nahi hai dost! Desh ke liye marne wala har ek banda hame ye yaad dilata hai ham surakshit hain, beshak ye janwaaaj....apne sir pe kafan baandhe hame bachane ke liye apne ko aahuti dete rahen.......beshak unke prano ki aahuti, MIG 21 ke crash ke karan hua, par wo desh ke liye marne ke liye krit sankalpit the!! hame to bas dukh iss baat ka hona chahiye ki kassh wo MIG dushman ke dant khatte karne ke upyog main laya ja sakta.....
tumhe garwa hona chahiye ki tumhara ek bhai desh ke liye sahid hua.......
bhagwan unke aatma ko shanti pradaan karen.....
think about last minute of his life, i bet you wont forget about him ever.
Am sorry for your loss. May his soul RIP.
The Indian armed forces is without a doubt the most respected and elite institutions in the world today nd is unfortunately shackled by the corrupt politicos.
A very sad accident indeed. We all are proud of him.
There's some serious matter with the MIG-21 for sure. No wonder, these are called flying coffin.
I dunno how to react to this, coz we are very helpless
what we can do is create blogs/polls and make the Government aware about it, but will it take care.
I am not well read about other countries, but do such crashes occur in very country ???
sad to know...
RIP..
A Truly sad reflection of the 'chalta hai' mindset of our society. We have such a thick skin that we only realize the great loss due to corruption in defense sector when we loss our loved ones and the ones we knew.
A through introspection for each and every Indian is needed and a hard lobbying in order to improve transparency in defense deals,Improving training methods of trainee pilots, Improving safety measures including the quality of maintenance and spare parts should be the top most priority of such lobbying group.
Was it real incident? So sad man :(.
Really sad. MIG-21s are long due to be decommissioned. Government spends crores of rupees in grooming a fighter pilot and loss of a pilot is considered a bigger loss than the plane itself. MIG crashes have become so common these days that the family members of the deceased in particular and all Indians in general must be given an explanation on its continuation till now.
Let me tell you one thing as a 'self proclaimed expert' on India's defense sector, I would like to point out that upto now IAF's pilot training programe was full of technical faults.Any trainee pilot of IAF(Or any air force) in the world
first needs certain flying hours in 4 stages of training.
1)Cessna two sitter propeller engine for beginners
2)Currently Kiran jets are used(Intermediate Advanced Jet Trainer(AJT) which is to be inducted in 'near future' as Hawk purchased from UK)
3)Mig 21
4)Advanced super sonic jets like Su-30/MKI, Miraj 2000, LCA etc.
Now IAF is badly missing the 2nd stage intermediate training program as Hawks are not yet fully delivered and the Kiran jets are very preliminary level subsonic jets and transition from Kiran to super sonic and Mig 21(with complex avionics)becomes troublesome for any trainee pilot like forcing the kid to jump from 4th standard to 10th directly. That crucial intermediate step misses. However due to corruption and large scale middle agent skull-dogery forces the delay in deals as well as CAG pointing that out to further delay it like a two-edge sword.And the victims of this delay are our innocent skilled pilots.:(
God Bless!
God Bless!!
really sad incident!!!:( god bless the departed soul and give the courage to the family to bear this unrecoverable loss
we have lost another brave son of the soil
more over , we should not get used to with such kind of things MIG 21 nightmares
govt should immediately take a decision on this issue before we loose some more presious lives.....
thr r no words in my dictionary,which can be used to make a comment over this incidence ... jst wana salute that officer
amit~~
very sad :(
may his soul rest in peace
r v supposed to just sit and watch these kinda incidants?
and yes, preserve that i-pod life long..
A sad incident. :(
I don't have words to describe my feelings.
May his soul RIP :(
This is not the first time that our country has lost a good son who cared about her deeply. And we are such insolent bastards at the helm of power that we would remain the thick skinned bull without a spine.
Those jets are flying coffins and are still being used because of mofo polticians and middlemen not allowing modernisation of the forces.
I am really sorry to think that my country no longer is great because we are run by first grade eunuchs and we make them our pimps.
Anshul, hope you recover from this irreplaceable loss soon and become as responsible as your deceased cousin who set an example for all of us.
Sorry for my offensive language.
To be frank and be part of reality it's shameful side of our country as usage of such machines still hasn't been stopped :|
But more than it, its the loss which their family members could only feel. I seriously can't do anything regarding other than showing my condolences to you and your family and salute to the a warrior we lost. May his soul RIP. :(
@anshul
i really sympathize with u.. u shud be proud to have such a brave soldier of our country as ur bro.. i really salute ur bro for his brave & selfless deeds.. he is indeed a true soldier.. i hope this stupid govt of ours does something to stop these crashes..
we indians are used to such things now, bomb blast in XYZ city, crash og mig planes, MP ABC caught red handed taking bribe etc etc etc ...
A shattering incident . I salute d spirit of d braveheart . The problem with 'us' is that we allow everything to happen . Anyone can get away with anything anywhere , anytime . Everything goes...when will people wake up...when will we be the change we want to see . How many more of our brothers have to shed their blood before our leaders take notice ?
This happening in a diferent country would be a reason for national mourning . But for us its a common thing...thats how disgraceful our lives have become .
Bad.... really bad....
I got many friends in army navy and air force... i get calls from them time to time...
i always say them.. "fuck your life, its too boring out there, too much discipline and sooner or later you will die".
and then one day one of them called me... and said " you remember him? yeah the one whom you used to play video games during our school time? hes dead"
and then i just sit down and remember him... thats all i can do... remember him...
this blog made me remember him more...
so anshul dhakkan... do NOT ever lose that phone...
or am gonna kick your ass real hard.
remember him :)
RIP flight lieutenant...
~The D.E was here~
May The soul Of brave Airforce Pilot RIP...
He is greater than common human beings...We will miss him
You are lucky to have brother like him
Brave Soul .. RIP ... cherish the i-pod ... become a great man ..
Remember, Roadies do not change a thing. They are laughing stocks.
I am really sorry for the loss. I hate it whenever a soldier dies like this. :(
:(
Rest In Peace!
Salute to him! :)
I knew him and met him 1nce in delhi he was a great guy and really miss him and salute his bravery.
This news was a real shock to me i was searching for him on orkut and when i typed his name i saw manu akhori died in a mig crash that ws the worst moment of my life bfore searching for more details i kept praying oh god this shouldn't be him bt wn i reached at his profile and saw messages of condolences i cmpletely broke down hw cud he die I jst cudn't believe that he was a great guy i want to know y the hell this government is not taking ne steps when these mig crashes r taking place almost every next month hw many more lives do they want i wish sm politician wud have died at his place he was a brave guy who deserved to live
InDIAN GOVERNMENT honour the guy who saved a whole village SHAME on u still sleeping i have heard of no announcements regarding honouring him do smthing u fools u have lost a great pilot atleast value his sacrifice
Flt Lt Manu Akhouri gave his life to save many others.what we can do to acknowledge his courage and bravery is to register our voices in favour of him being honored with highest gallantry awards please register your support at http://formanuakhouri.blogspot.com/
this is a cause we should take up as responsible citizens of India please help our cause
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