Microlight aircraft of IAF crash-lands near Baghpat, pilots safe
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.
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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 air base 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 the accident, the IAF said in a statement later in the day.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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