1 Pilot Killed, One other Injured In Fighter Jet Crash In Gujarat’s Jamnagar, IAF Orders Court docket Of Inquiry | India Information

Jamnagar Fighter Jet Crash: At the least one pilot of the Indian Air Pressure (IAF) was killed and one other suffered accidents after a Jaguar fighter jet crashed on Wednesday evening. Following the incident, which passed off in Jamnagar’s Suvarda village, the IAF has ordered an inquiry.

In a press release on Thursday morning, the IAF stated the pilots, who have been on an evening mission, skilled a “technical malfunction” within the plane earlier than the crash on Wednesday evening. “An IAF Jaguar two-seater plane airborne from Jamnagar airfield crashed throughout an evening mission. The pilots confronted a technical malfunction and initiated ejection, avoiding hurt to the airfield and native inhabitants,” the assertion stated.

“Sadly, one pilot succumbed to his accidents, whereas the opposite is receiving medical remedy at a hospital in Jamnagar. The IAF deeply regrets the lack of life and stands firmly with the bereaved household. A courtroom of inquiry has been ordered to establish the reason for the accident,” it added.

The fighter jet crashed at round 9.30 pm on Wednesday in an open discipline in Suvarda village, 12 km from Jamnagar metropolis, and caught fireplace, police earlier stated. Whereas the police discovered one pilot in an injured state on the spot, a search operation was launched to search out the second, who went lacking after the crash, Jamnagar district Superintendent of Police Premsukh Delu stated on Wednesday.

The injured pilot was then taken to the government-run GG Hospital within the metropolis, he stated. District Collector Ketan Thakkar, who additionally rushed to the spot after the incident, stated the blaze engulfed the open discipline after the crash and was later doused by firefighters.

(With PTI Inputs)