IAF fighter jet crashes in Haryana’s Panchkula, pilot ejects safely

In response to the IAF, the pilot encountered a system malfunction and manoeuvred the plane away from habitation earlier than ejecting safely.

“The pilot manoeuvred the plane away from any habitation on the bottom earlier than ejecting safely. An inquiry has been ordered by the IAF, to establish the reason for the accident,” the air pressure mentioned.

An IAF spokesperson mentioned that the pilot was taken to a hospital for a medical check-up.

In response to ANI, the plane had taken off from the Ambala airbase on a coaching sortie.

Final month, a twin-seater Mirage 2000 fighter plane crashed close to Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh whereas it was on a routine coaching sortie. Each pilots had ejected safely earlier than the crash.

In November 2024, a MiG-29 fighter jet crashed right into a discipline close to Uttar Pradesh’s Agra throughout a routine coaching sortie resulting from a technical glitch. The pilot ejected himself to security on the time of the crash.

The airplane had taken off from Adampur in Punjab and was on its option to Agra for an train when the incident occurred.