Balasore: A trainer jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Besoi area of Mayurbhanj district leading to an explosion and complete destruction of the aerial vehicle on Wednesday.
With minor injuries, two pilots, including one trainer, who were airborne in the jet, managed to eject safely through parachutes. The pilots, Sachin Mahajan and Captain Siddhant, were immediately rushed to Besoi hospital and later shifted to Baripada district headquarters hospital. They were later airlifted to Army hospital at Kolkata for further treatment.
Sources said the British made Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) hawk fighter plane (A-3492) had taken off along with two other jets from the Kalaikunda Air Force station in West Bengal at about 12.36 pm on a routine flying training sortie for in-flight training of the pilots. The crash was, however, reported at about 1.28 pm.
According to an eyewitness, the jet plane caught fire just seconds after the pilots managed to eject themselves. With a huge explosion, it fell on a paddy field in Kudarsahi under Besoi police limits. No casualty or loss of property was reported since the hawk crashed nearly 250 metres away from the human habitation.
04/06/15 New Indian Express
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With minor injuries, two pilots, including one trainer, who were airborne in the jet, managed to eject safely through parachutes. The pilots, Sachin Mahajan and Captain Siddhant, were immediately rushed to Besoi hospital and later shifted to Baripada district headquarters hospital. They were later airlifted to Army hospital at Kolkata for further treatment.
Sources said the British made Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) hawk fighter plane (A-3492) had taken off along with two other jets from the Kalaikunda Air Force station in West Bengal at about 12.36 pm on a routine flying training sortie for in-flight training of the pilots. The crash was, however, reported at about 1.28 pm.
According to an eyewitness, the jet plane caught fire just seconds after the pilots managed to eject themselves. With a huge explosion, it fell on a paddy field in Kudarsahi under Besoi police limits. No casualty or loss of property was reported since the hawk crashed nearly 250 metres away from the human habitation.
04/06/15 New Indian Express
