Video: IAF Fighter Jaguar Crashes, Pilots Eject Safely

An Indian Air Force fighter plane crashed near Allahabad on Tuesday morning. This is the second such incident in 2015

The Indian Air Force fighter jet at the crash site. (Courtesy: ANI Screengrab)

An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed this morning during a training sortie in the Chaka area of Allahabad. Both the pilots ejected safely.

The aircraft had taken off at 7:25 am from IAF’s Central Air Command at Bamrauli, on the outskirts of the city. The fighter jet crashed at 8:47 am in an uninhabited field close to a Food Corporation of India warehouse at Chaka, about 50 kms away, according to the IAF and police. There was no casualty on the ground, they added.