Video: Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter plane crashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar; pilot safe
Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter plane crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar on Monday. Jaguar fighter jet of the IAF_MCC crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar area on Monday.
The pilots managed to eject safely, claims reports. IAF Jaguar plane had took off from Gorakhpur Sir Force base.
"There is a populated place nearby, the pilot landed the plane at a distance from that place using his tactical expertise. He saved the life of others as well as his own,"RN Mishra, SP Kushinagar said on Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter plane crashed.
Fighter Aircraft of @IAF_MCC crashed in Haitimpur, KushiNagar in #UP. #Pilot ejected safely with the help of #Parachute. Fighter crashed in Open Field. CoI order. pic.twitter.com/Q3Czb1yk8c
— manish prasad (@followmkp) January 28, 2019
As per media report pilot tired to save lives and plane crashed in an open field. He tried to take aircraft far from the crowded place in Gorakhpur
The fighter plane crashed in a field and caught fire immediately. A court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the accident.
First published: 28 January 2019, 13:04 IST