A MiG-27 aircraft airborne on a training mission from Jaisalmer crashed at the Pokharan firing range on Tuesday evening. The pilot of the crashed Mig 27 jet ejected safely.
Fighter planes MIG 27 displayed at Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum Ludhiana on Thursday, August 17, 2017. (Photo by Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times)
“The MiG 27 was on a training mission. After taking off from Jaisalmer airbase around 6:10 pm, it crashed near Pokhran Range. The Pilot ejected safely,” an IAF spokesperson said.
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“A Court of Inquiry will investigate the cause of the accident,” he added.
Indian Air Force is going to conduct the Exercise Vayushakti at the Pokharan firing range four days from now.
The accident occurred on a day when Air Force Vice Chief Air Marshal Anil Khosla expressed sympathy with the family of the pilots Squardon Leaders Siddhartha Negi and Samir Abrol who lost their lives in a Mirage 2000 crash at the Bengaluru airport.
“We lost two young pilots in the Mirage 2000 crash, we all need to pray their souls rest in peace,” he said.
Khosla said the Air Force will look at all aspects of the Mirage 2000 crash and “will not comment on who is at fault till the inquiry is over... We consider every accident as one too many”.
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Seeking to do away with apprehensions on flight safety, he said that compared to flying, he found that the road traffic was more risk-prone.
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Seeking to do away with apprehensions on flight safety, he said that compared to flying, he found that the road traffic was more risk-prone.
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