A Sukhoi-30 fighter jet has been crashed near Nashik in Maharashtra india.
There were no harm of life, police has said, adding both the pilots ejected on air safely before the plane hit ground.
under-production of aircraft model Sukhoi Su-30MKI twinjet engine multirole air superiority fighter of HAL(hindustan aeronautics limited) crashed at Wavi Tushi village near Pimpalgaon Baswant town, from around 25 km Nashik.
The plane crashed during a testflight of local flying area of Nashik(ozar) Airport and was being piloted by Wg Cdr Prashant Nair accompanied by Sqn Ldr L Biswal (Flight Test Engineer),
According to HAL, the Board of Investigation has been ordered to find out the exact cause of this aircras.
The aircraft crashed at 11.05 am in morning and the Pimpalgaon police station received information about the crash at 11.15 am, a police official told PTI.
The aircraft, developed by Sukhoi and built under licence by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), had taken off from the HAL airstrip near Nashik.
IAF personnel at nasik Air Force station have rushed to the site.
A top official involved with the aircraft production, told police PTI that the Sukhoi which crashed, was the first of the batch produced at the Aircraft Manufacturing Division at HAL Nashik this year.
"Normally around 12 aircraft for a new squadron are manufactured and each aircraft, worth over Rs 300 crore, has a manufacturing cycle of around 3 years," said by official .
"This particular aircraft had completed several flights and was about to be inducted into the IAF," official said.
Before induction, such aircraft are flown by either HAL pilots or IAF pilots under deputation with HAL.
Asked about villagers seeing three parachutes in the sky after the sky, the official the illusion of third parachute may be due to the canopy opening first before both the pilots ejected to safety.
There were no harm of life, police has said, adding both the pilots ejected on air safely before the plane hit ground.
under-production of aircraft model Sukhoi Su-30MKI twinjet engine multirole air superiority fighter of HAL(hindustan aeronautics limited) crashed at Wavi Tushi village near Pimpalgaon Baswant town, from around 25 km Nashik.
The plane crashed during a testflight of local flying area of Nashik(ozar) Airport and was being piloted by Wg Cdr Prashant Nair accompanied by Sqn Ldr L Biswal (Flight Test Engineer),
According to HAL, the Board of Investigation has been ordered to find out the exact cause of this aircras.
The aircraft crashed at 11.05 am in morning and the Pimpalgaon police station received information about the crash at 11.15 am, a police official told PTI.
The aircraft, developed by Sukhoi and built under licence by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), had taken off from the HAL airstrip near Nashik.
IAF personnel at nasik Air Force station have rushed to the site.
A top official involved with the aircraft production, told police PTI that the Sukhoi which crashed, was the first of the batch produced at the Aircraft Manufacturing Division at HAL Nashik this year.
"Normally around 12 aircraft for a new squadron are manufactured and each aircraft, worth over Rs 300 crore, has a manufacturing cycle of around 3 years," said by official .
"This particular aircraft had completed several flights and was about to be inducted into the IAF," official said.
Before induction, such aircraft are flown by either HAL pilots or IAF pilots under deputation with HAL.
Asked about villagers seeing three parachutes in the sky after the sky, the official the illusion of third parachute may be due to the canopy opening first before both the pilots ejected to safety.
About sukhoi aircraft:
The Sukhoi Su-30MKI[a] (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russia's Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter.
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