IAF plane crash-lands near Baghpat, pilots safe
Friday - October 5, 2018 9:48 pm ,
Category : INDIA
IAF plane crash-lands near Baghpat, pilots safe
New Delhi Oct 5 (IANS) A microlight aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday met with an accident and crash-landed in a field near Baghpat Uttar Pradesh. Both pilots are safe the IAF said.
The aircraft took off from the Hindan airbase near Delhi for a routine bird reconnaissance sortie at 8.36 a.m. It developed a snag around half an hour later approximately 24 nautical miles from the airbase.
The aircraft was "parachuted down" safely by the pilots.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of accident the IAF said in a statement later in the day.
--IANS mak/nir
The aircraft took off from the Hindan airbase near Delhi for a routine bird reconnaissance sortie at 8.36 a.m. It developed a snag around half an hour later approximately 24 nautical miles from the airbase.
The aircraft was "parachuted down" safely by the pilots.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of accident the IAF said in a statement later in the day.
--IANS mak/nir
