Abhinandan will fly again after he is declared medically fit: IAF chief
V Mayilvaganan | TNN | Updated: Mar 4, 2019, 17:32 ISTHighlights
- Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said medical fitness would decide if wing commander Abhinandan would fly fighter aircraft again or not
- If he is found fit enough to fly fighter aircraft, he will be inducted into a squadron: Dhanoa
- Abhinanda expressed his desire to senior IAF officials to return to the cockpit as soon as possible
MoS defence Subhash Bhamre meets Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. (ANI Photo)
COIMBATORE: Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa on Monday said that post-treatment medical fitness of Abhinandan Varthaman would decide when Wing Commander,
who was caught and released by Pakistan
+ last week, can return to the cockpit.
Dhanoa told reporters at Sulur air force station here that Abhinandan is undergoing medical checks and would receive treatment if required.
"Post-ejection, he has undergone a medical check. Whatever treatment is required, we will give it to him. Once he gets the medical fitness, he will get into a fighter cockpit," he told reporters here.
Read Also: Abhinandan sustained rib injury after assault by Pakistani locals
"If he is found fit enough to fly fighter aircraft, he will be inducted into a squadron. If he is not fit, then he will be inducted once he gets back his fitness to fly one,” Dhanoa said.
Underlining that medical fitness is a topmost priority for the IAF, the Air Chief explained, "Ejection is something that takes a toll on your body and if you are not perfectly fit and God forbid you have to eject again, you will be spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair. We do not take a chance with the fitness of a fighter pilot."
Read Also: Abhinandan says was subjected to mental harassment by ISI
Abhinandan, who was admitted to a military hospital after his return from Pakistan, has expressed his desire to senior IAF officials that he wanted to return to the cockpit as soon as possible.
(With inputs from ANI)
Dhanoa told reporters at Sulur air force station here that Abhinandan is undergoing medical checks and would receive treatment if required.
"Post-ejection, he has undergone a medical check. Whatever treatment is required, we will give it to him. Once he gets the medical fitness, he will get into a fighter cockpit," he told reporters here.
Read Also: Abhinandan sustained rib injury after assault by Pakistani locals
"If he is found fit enough to fly fighter aircraft, he will be inducted into a squadron. If he is not fit, then he will be inducted once he gets back his fitness to fly one,” Dhanoa said.
Underlining that medical fitness is a topmost priority for the IAF, the Air Chief explained, "Ejection is something that takes a toll on your body and if you are not perfectly fit and God forbid you have to eject again, you will be spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair. We do not take a chance with the fitness of a fighter pilot."
Read Also: Abhinandan says was subjected to mental harassment by ISI
Abhinandan, who was admitted to a military hospital after his return from Pakistan, has expressed his desire to senior IAF officials that he wanted to return to the cockpit as soon as possible.
(With inputs from ANI)
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