New Delhi: A Jaguar fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Tuesday morning during a training sortie in Chaka area of Allahabad district. Both the pilots ejected safely. This is the second Jaguar crash this year.
The aircraft had taken off at 7:25am from IAF's Central Air Command at Bamrauli on the outskirts of the Allahabad city and crashed at 8.47am in a field close to a Food Corporation of India warehouse at Chaka, about 50km away, IAF and police said, adding there was no casualty.
A court of inquiry had been ordered into the incident.
A huge fire broke out as soon as the aircraft hit the ground and fire brigade was pressed into service. A small part of the wreckage caused minor damage to a boundary wall of one of the buildings, police said.
"Both the pilots had apparently sensed that something was wrong as they ejected before the aircraft came crashing down," additional superintendent of police (trans-Yamuna), Allahabad, Ashutosh Mishra, said.
"Since there were no people nearby, the crash resulted in no injuries. No noticeable damage to property was visible either. A small part of the wreckage went flying off and caused minor damage to a boundary wall of one of the buildings nearby. Both pilots also landed safely," he said.
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The aircraft had taken off at 7:25am from IAF's Central Air Command at Bamrauli on the outskirts of the Allahabad city and crashed at 8.47am in a field close to a Food Corporation of India warehouse at Chaka, about 50km away, IAF and police said, adding there was no casualty.
A court of inquiry had been ordered into the incident.
A huge fire broke out as soon as the aircraft hit the ground and fire brigade was pressed into service. A small part of the wreckage caused minor damage to a boundary wall of one of the buildings, police said.
"Both the pilots had apparently sensed that something was wrong as they ejected before the aircraft came crashing down," additional superintendent of police (trans-Yamuna), Allahabad, Ashutosh Mishra, said.
"Since there were no people nearby, the crash resulted in no injuries. No noticeable damage to property was visible either. A small part of the wreckage went flying off and caused minor damage to a boundary wall of one of the buildings nearby. Both pilots also landed safely," he said.
17/06/15 Daily News & Analysis
