Team News Riveting
Bhopal, January 28
Two fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning killing a pilot while two ejected to safety.
The two jets, a Russian origin Sukhoi 30 MKI and a French origin Mirage 2000 had taken off from Gwalior on Saturday morning and were part of an exercise. Both the fighter jets had mid-air collision (MAC) Pahargarh in Morena district. The last MAC of IAF jets had occurred some 18 years ago.
The IAF said, “Fighter aircraft of IAF were involved in an accident near Gwalior on Saturday morning. The aircraft were on routine operational flying training mission. One of the three pilots involved sustained fatal injuries.”
According to police sources, one of the pilot died in the crash while the other two ejected from the cockpit. They had sustained minor injuries. An IAF chopper landed evacuated the injured from the spot.
The IAF said in a statement that an enquiry had been ordered to determine the cause of the accident.
