An Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30 jet, on a test flight, crashed in Maharashtra’s Nashik on Wednesday.
Both the pilots are reported to be safe.
The under-production Sukhoi Su-30MKI twinjet multirole air superiority fighter of HAL crashed at Wavi-Tushi village near Pimpalgaon Baswant town, around 25 km from Nashik, police said.
The aircraft crashed at 11.05 am and the Pimpalgaon police station received information about the crash at 11.15 am, a police officer told PTI.
The aircraft, developed by Russia’s Sukhoi and built under licence by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), had taken off from the HAL airstrip near Nashik, said the police.
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The IAF personnel at Ojhar Air Force station have rushed to the site.
Earlier this month, IAF’s Jaguar aircraft had crashed while on a training mission from the Jamnagar Air Force Station in Gujarat. The fighter reportedly developed a technical problem during landing resulting in the crash.
The pilot of the aircraft safely ejected before the crash. A Court of Inquiry was established by the IAF to investigate the crash.
In another incident, a frontline SEPECAT Jaguar fighter jet of IAF had crashed on 5 June in Jamnagar, Gujarat, killing the high-ranking pilot flying the aircraft.
The Jaguar took off from the Jamnagar air base on a routine mission and crashed at around 10.30 am. The debris of the fighter aircraft was strewn far and wide throughout the Bareja village, where the aircraft crashed.
The village is located near Mundra in the Kutch region of the state.
Air Commodore Sanjay Chauhan, the pilot of the IAF Jaguar, had sustained fatal injuries in the crash.
(With agency inputs)