A Sukhoi fighter plane of the Indian Air Force crashed in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, according to the police.
A Sukhoi fighter plane of the Indian Air Force crashed in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, according to the police. Special Inspector General of Nashik Range, D R Karale, informed PTI that the pilot and co-pilot ejected safely.
A fighter jet crashed near Shirasgaon in Nashik, . Both the pilot and co-pilot ejected safely. is currently overhauling the aircraft. An inquiry has been ordered. pic.twitter.com/6GLpkrprPW
— South Asian Files (@saNewsDaily)The plane went down in a field near Shirasgaon village. It was being flown by Wing Commander Bokil and his second in command, Biswas, when it crashed in a farm in Shirasgaon village in Nifad tehsil at 1.20 pm.
Both pilots ejected safely and sustained minor injuries. They were taken to the HAL hospital for treatment, another police official reported.
IAF का Su-30 MKI लड़ाकू विमान आज नासिक जिले में दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया। दोनों पायलट बाहर निकलने में कामयाब रहे और सुरक्षित हैं: रक्षा अधिकारी pic.twitter.com/vDFGSvt4P4
— Satvik Upadhyay (@UpadhyaySatvik)After the crash, the aircraft caught fire, which was extinguished. Debris from the plane is spread over a 500-meter radius.
Teams from the Indian Air Force, HAL security, and HAL technical unit have visited the site.