Team News Riveting
Gwalior, October 21
A Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed Thursday morning in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district following technical snag.
The pilot ejected safely, the Indian Air Force or IAF tweeted. He sustained injuries and had been flown to Gwalior base for better medical care. The aircraft had taken off from the Maharajpura airbase at Gwalior in the morning, the official said.
“An IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft experienced a technical malfunction during a training sortie in the central sector this morning. The pilot ejected safely. An inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident,” the IAF added in the tweet.
Visuals show the debris scattered on an empty field in Mankabad, some 6 km from Bhind. Soon after getting information, the policemen reached the spot and cordoned off the crash site, where the smouldering tail section of the trainer jet is seen half buried in the field.
A villager had taken a video from his mobile capturing the pilot’s parachute smoothly gliding down.
The senior officials of the IAF and the local administration had reached the spot soon after getting information about the crash.
