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An Indian Air Force craft from Air Force Station Bamrauli crash-landed successful the Rambagh country of Prayagraj, UP astir 12.30 p.m. connected Wednesday. Video footage of the incidental shows the craft descending nether an exigency parachute earlier safely force-landing successful an uninhabited area, averting immoderate large accident.
The parachute deployment importantly reduced the landing impact, preventing harm connected the ground.
The aircraft, chiefly utilized for monitoring vertebrate enactment astir airfields, was being operated by Group Captain Praveen Agarwal, Vayusena Medal awardee and Chief Operating Officer of Air Force Station Bamrauli, on with Group Captain Sunil Kumar Pandey, the station’s Chief Administrative Officer. Both the officers are safe.
Confirming the incident, Defence PRO Wing Commander Debartho Dhar said, “This was a regular sortie successful a trainer aircraft.
Both the aviator and occupant are safe.”The craft was connected a regular sortie erstwhile it suffered an motor nonaccomplishment mid-air.The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry to ascertain the origin of the method malfunction. "A Microlite craft of the IAF, portion undertaking a regular sortie, from AF Station Bamrauli adjacent Prayagraj astatine 1215 hrs connected 21 Jan 26, experienced a method malfunction, and was safely unit landed successful an uninhabited area, ensuring nary harm to civilian beingness oregon property.
Both pilots connected committee are safe. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered by IAF to ascertain the cause," an X station from the Indian Air Force said.
This is the 2nd aviation exigency reported this month. Earlier, connected January 10, a nine-seater craft operating nether the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) made a forced clang landing successful an unfastened tract adjacent Kansor, astir 15–20 km abbreviated of Rourkela airport, aft the unit detected a method snag during flight.
