Indian Air Pressure fighter aircraft crashes in Rajasthan’s Churu, third Jaguar mishap since March

An Indian Air Pressure’s (IAF) plane has crashed in Rajasthan’s Churu district.

The plane that crashed was a Jaguar fighter aircraft, defence ministry sources informed CNN-Information 18.

It is usually not recognized for the time being whether or not the pilot ejected earlier than the crash.

This might be the third Jaguar plane crash this 12 months. Earlier this 12 months on April 2, a Jaguar crashed in Gujarat during which one of many two pilots was killed. On March 7, one other Jaguar had crashed in Haryana however the pilot had ejected safely in that accident.

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There has not been any affirmation from the IAF or the Ministry of Defence thus far.

The IAF has a extreme scarcity of fighter planes and is coping with an ageing fleet. It’s among the many previous couple of air forces the world over that also function previous plane like MiG-21 and Jaguars as India has failed so as to add newer plane to its fleet.

Earlier this 12 months, it emerged that the IAF has simply 31 squadrons in opposition to the required power of 42, which is an all-time low. The efficient power is even decrease at 29 squadrons as two squadrons of MiG-21 plane are barely operational due to security considerations.