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IAF's Jaguar aircraft crashes in Jamnagar, Pilot safe

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Friday, 8 June 2018 (16:28 IST)
New Delhi/Jamnagar: A Jaguar combat aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday crashed in Gujarat's Jamnagar while on a routine sortie.''Today morning, a Jaguar aircraft on a routine training mission from Jamnagar crashed around 1030 hrs. Pilot Air Cmde Sanjay Chauhan sustained fatal injuries during the crash,'' an IAF spokesperson said.
A Court of Investigation has been ordered to investigate cause of the accident, the spokesperson added.In 2013, two MIG-29 fighter planes had crashed in June and July near Gujarat's Jamnagar air base.(UNI)

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