A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force went down in Panchkula, Haryana on Friday
The aircraft had taken off from Ambala airbase on a training and the pilot ejected.
According to Indian Air forces officials, a Court inquiry has been ordered into the accident.
A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed today in Panchkula, Haryana. The aircraft had taken off from the Ambala airbase on a training sortie. The pilot ejected from the aircraft. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the accident: Indian Air Force officials pic.twitter.com/io5598GrrM
— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2025
A Jaguar aircraft of the IAF crashed at Ambala during a routine training sortie today after encountering a system malfunction. The pilot manoeuvred the aircraft away from any habitation on the ground before ejecting safely. An inquiry has been ordered by the IAF to ascertain the… pic.twitter.com/ZtJtWDz4oc
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Earlier in February, a Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft of the IAF crashed into an agriculture field in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district due to a snag. The aircraft caught fire after it went down in an agricultural field near Barheta Sani village.
In September 2024, a MiG-29 aircraft of the IAF crashed in Rajasthan’s Barmer district. The incident occurred during a routine night training exercise in the Barmer sector and the pilot had to eject after the aircraft failedd an important technical check.
In other development, ANI has cited that a committee in the Defence Ministry has accepted the need for the service to acquire new multi-role fighter aircraft in order to improve its fighting capabilities. The arrival of the IAF requirement is learnt to have been part of the report submitted by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh to the Defence Minister on ‘Capability Enhancement of IAF’.
Sources told ANI that the committee has given its approval for the purchase of new multi-role fighter jets as part of the IAF’s preparations for battling future conflicts. The committee submitted its recommendations to the government when the US was pushing for selling its single-engine F-35 fifth-generation fighter while the Russian side was making the case for its Su-57 fifth-generation fighter.
