The Indian Air Force (IAF) has confirmed the tragic air crash involving two of its fighter aircraft near Gwalior Saturday morning which resulted in one casualty.
“Two fighter aircraft of IAF were involved in an accident near Gwalior today morning. The aircraft were on routine operational flying training mission,” the IAF tweeted.
“One of the three pilots involved, sustained fatal injuries. An inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the accident,” it added.
Two fighter aircraft of IAF were involved in an accident near Gwalior today morning. The aircraft were on routine operational flying training mission.
One of the three pilots involved, sustained fatal injuries. An inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the accident.— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) January 28, 2023
Videos of the crash site in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena have gone viral on social media.
#WATCH | Wreckage seen. A Sukhoi-30 and Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed near Morena, Madhya Pradesh. Search and rescue operations launched. The two aircraft had taken off from the Gwalior air base where an exercise was going on. pic.twitter.com/xqCJ2autOe
— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2023
Initial reports suggested no casualties in the crash involving a Sukhoi-30 carrying two pilots and a Mirage 2000 carrying one pilot.
#WATCH | “Two jets -Mirage & Sukhoi- took off from Gwalior in the morning…As per IAF, one aircraft had 2 pilots, while the other had one; 2 safely rescued, body parts of 3rd found. Some parts of the jet were found in Bharatpur (Raj), details being collected,” says SP Morena, MP pic.twitter.com/9vimLkUtoN
— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2023
Also Read: Watch: IAF fighter jets crash over Morena in Madhya Pradesh
