A Jaguar fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed this morning during a training sortie in Chaka area of the district and both the pilots ejected safely.
The aircraft had taken off at 7:25 AM from IAF’s Central Air Command at Bamrauli on the outskirts of the city and crashed at 8.47 AM in an uninhabited field close to a Food Corporation of India warehouse at Chaka, about 50 kms away, IAF and police said, adding there was no casualty.
A court of inquiry had been ordered into the incident.
Both the pilots had apparently sensed that something was wrong as they ejected before the aircraft came crashing down. Since there were no people nearby, the crash resulted in no injuries. No noticeable damage to property was visible either. A small part of the wreckage went flying off and caused minor damage to a boundary wall of one of the buildings nearby. Both pilots also landed safely
- Additional Superintendent of Police, Allahabad, Ashutosh Mishra.
“A number of IAF personnel also arrived at the spot. They took the two pilots who had a close shave,” the Additional SP said.
In March, another Jaguar aircraft had crashed in agricultural fields near Shahbad town in Haryana with the pilot ejecting safely from the plane.
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