Gujarat: Pilot dies after Indian Air Force fighter jet crashes in Mundra
A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the incident.
A senior Indian Air Force officer was killed after the aircraft he was piloting crashed in Mundra, Gujarat, on Tuesday, ANI reported. A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the crash.
Officials said Air Commodore Sanjay Chauhan had taken off in a Jaguar fighter jet on a routine training mission from Jamnagar in the morning, but the aircraft crashed in a field in Beraja village at around 10.30 am.
“Today [Tuesday] morning a Jaguar aircraft on a routine training mission from Jamnagar crashed around 10:30 am,” Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Manish Ojha said, according to NDTV. The villagers alerted the local officials after finding the debris, Hindustan Times reported.
A few cows grazing in the area were killed due to the burning debris, according to reports.
#Gujarat: The IAF Jaguar that crashed in Kutch's Mundra was on a routine training mission from Jamnagar. The Pilot, Air Cmde Sanjay Chauhan, lost his life in the crash. Court of Inquiry ordered to investigate cause of accident.
— ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2018
The incident follows the crash of an Indian Air Force microlight aircraft in Assam’s Majuli island in February in which two pilots were killed.
#Gujarat: The IAF Jaguar that crashed in Kutch's Mundra was on a routine training mission from Jamnagar. The Pilot, Air Cmde Sanjay Chauhan, lost his life in the crash. Court of Inquiry ordered to investigate cause of accident.
— ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2018