Live! IAF Mirage crashes in MP, pilots eject safely

[majesticpankaj]

Just in: A Mirage fighter aircraft of the Indian Airforce has crashed in Madhya Pradesh in Bhind. Initial reports say that both the pilots are missing.

IAF Mirage crashes in MP, pilots eject safely:
Update on the Mirage crash:

The two missing pilots have been found. Wing Commander Ram Kumar and co-pilot Air Marshal Anil Chopra ejected safely. The aircraft crashed near Bhind in MP.

 

[sivadreams]

Mirage 2000 fighter plane crashes in MP, pilots eject
PTI | Feb 24, 2012, 02.19PM IST

Bhopal/New Delhi: A Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) today crashed near Bhind in Madhya Pradesh soon after taking off from an air base in Gwalior but both the pilots managed to eject.

The Mirage 2000 aircraft was on a routine training sortie when it developed a snag in the engine and crashed near Bhind district, an IAF spokesperson said in Delhi.

He said the two pilots in the aircraft had managed to eject and search and rescue operations have been launched to locate them.

The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry (CoI) to ascertain the reasons behind the crash.

The Air Force operates a fleet of 51 Mirage aircraft from the Maharajpura air base in Gwalior.

These aircraft started getting inducted into the IAF in the mid-80s and have had a very good flight safety record, the spokesperson said.

The IAF has also recently signed two deals worth over USD 3.2 billion for upgrading the capabilities of the Mirage 2000 with French companies Dassault, Thales and MBDA.

This is the second crash involving an IAF aircraft this year. A Kiran MK II trainer plane had crashed in Chennai on January 30.

In this financial year, this is the eighth crash of a fighter aircraft of which most were from the MiG 21 series.

 

[AvidSpice]

 

[Invincible INDIAN]

Thank GOD both Pilots are safe.

I have just paid another installment of tax. I will get them more Rafale

 

[indiatester]

Air Marshal in the plane? Why doesn't this happen when some neta is being given a ride. Good that the pilots are safe.

 

[Imran Khan]

no problem pilot ejected mission over .

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Atleast the pilots are safe.

 

[jackyy]

pilots are safe..its enough

 

[sivadreams]

Mirage 2000 are good birds, I doubt the maintenance in this case. Lets see what comes out of the COI.

 

[farhan_9909]

thank God the pilots are safe

 

[jackyy]

Mirage upgrade will take 10 years

till that we will loose 10 or 15 more

 

[sivadreams]

Mirage upgrade will take 10 years

till that we will loose 10 or 15 more

I hope not! The Engine service process needs a major overhaul. Even the SU30 Engine maintenance is not upto the mark as like the Russians.

Hope the IAF & HAL pull up this ASAP.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

Which Company take care of Insurance of MiG 21 , MiG 29k and Mirage V ..... Uska Life toh Jinga lala...

Before it was MiG 21 and MiG 29K and now Mirage have started too....

8 Fighter Aircrafts, Four Choppers Crashed Last Year’

Let see how many this year....

 

[Ambitious.Asian]

Thank God both Pilots are safe....that's enough to hear

 

[God of Death]

Sabotage????