IAF LCA Tejas plane’s fuel drop tank falls mid air during sortie in Tamil Nadu

[Type59]

Pylon came off. Someone failed to tighten nuts

 

[Jinn Baba]

And even this was a more successful surgical strike than India did in Balakot

 

[The Eagle]

Tejas IAF plane’s fuel drop tank falls mid air during sortie in Tamil Nadu
The Tejas IAF plane landed safely after the incident. No damage was reported on ground.
INDIA Updated: Jul 02, 2019 13:16 IST

HT Correspondent
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Seen here are the remains of the dropped fuel tank. (ANI Photo)
The fuel drop tank of a Tejas aircraft of the Indian Air Force fell off mid-air during a routine sortie from the Sulur air base near Coimbatore on Tuesday morning.

The aircraft landed safely after the incident. No damage was reported on ground.

Labourers in Irugur village were shocked to see the 1200-litre petrol tank fall from the sky. Police said it caused a three-foot deep crater and a minor fire, news agency PTI reported.

Air Force officials said the cause of the incident is being investigated.

Last month, flight operations at Goa’s Dabolim International Airport were stopped for two hours after a detachable fuel tank attached to a MiG-29K aircraft fell on the runway, spilling fuel and sparking a fire.

 

[Sabretooth]

Pylon came off. Someone failed to tighten nuts

That happens when ground maintenance teams are mostly drunk or hungover from the previous night.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Good that nobody gets hurt .

Accidents happen .....

 

[The Eagle]

Not just the fuel drop tank but appears like came down along with the wing pylon.

 

[Han Patriot]

Made in Indiya

 

[undercover JIX]

Tejas IAF plane’s fuel drop tank falls mid air during sortie in Tamil Nadu
The Tejas IAF plane landed safely after the incident. No damage was reported on ground.
INDIA Updated: Jul 02, 2019 13:16 IST

HT Correspondent
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Seen here are the remains of the dropped fuel tank. (ANI Photo)
The fuel drop tank of a Tejas aircraft of the Indian Air Force fell off mid-air during a routine sortie from the Sulur air base near Coimbatore on Tuesday morning.

The aircraft landed safely after the incident. No damage was reported on ground.

Labourers in Irugur village were shocked to see the 1200-litre petrol tank fall from the sky. Police said it caused a three-foot deep crater and a minor fire, news agency PTI reported.

Air Force officials said the cause of the incident is being investigated.

Last month, flight operations at Goa’s Dabolim International Airport were stopped for two hours after a detachable fuel tank attached to a MiG-29K aircraft fell on the runway, spilling fuel and sparking a fire.

Huzoor, you changed threads title? that part was true. once in a while we hear and see Teja trying to fly..jhoot to nahi bola.

fuel tank fell to pick up chatni...

Made in Indiya

100%. dont ever doubt that

 

[Thorough Pro]

Thanks it was just the fuel tank that fell, with IAF chances of falling an aircraft are much higher. by the way looks the pylon itself broke away

Fuel tank of airborne IAF jet LCA Tejas falls in a field near Sulur air base in Tamil Nadu [PICS]
India

Updated Jul 02, 2019 | 11:17 IST | Times Now Digital



It was reported that the fuel tank of the indigenously developed and built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fell in farm land near Sulur air base.

LCA Tejas drop tank falls in a field | Photo Credit: ANI

Chennai: Fuel tank of an Indian Air Force jet fell in a field in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday morning. The incident happened when the plane was airborne.

It was reported that the fuel tank of the indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fell in farm land near Sulur air base. The incident happened when the aircraft was undertaking a flight.

The LCA jet, meanwhile, landed safely at the Sulur air base. There have been no casualties or injuries in the incident.

The fuel tank that dropped in the farm field was a 1200-litre drop tank.



ANI

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Tamil Nadu: Indian Air Force to order investigation into the incident where fuel tank of the LCA Tejas aircraft of IAF fell down in farm land near Sulur air base during flight today.


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Taking note of the incident, the Indian Air Force has ordered an investigation into the matter.

“Today morning at around 0840h, one fuel drop tank fell off from a Tejas aircraft on a routine sortie from Sulur Air Base near Coimbatore. The aircraft landed back safely after the incident. No damage was reported on ground. The cause of the incident is being investigated,” the IAF said in a statement.

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...-sulur-air-base-in-tamil-nadu-pics-mig/446972

 

[undercover JIX]

Thanks it was just the fuel tank that fell, with IAF chances of falling an aircraft are much higher. by the way looks the pylon itself broke away

experimenting a new feature, when any other fighter detected auto drop and run to base. secret tech.