Sukhoi crash takes IAF mishaps to eight

December 13, 2011 15:36

Update on the Sukhoi crash:

IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Gerard Galway said that both the pilots flying the aircraft ejected in time and landed safely. They have been evacuated and taken to the base for medical attention. The aircraft, which was on a routine mission, had taken off from Lohegaon airbase at 1245 hours. It crashed at 1310 hours.

"A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the crash and an IAF team has been rushed to the site of the wreckage," he said in New Delhi.

This is the third crash of the Russian origin Su-30 fighter planes since they were inducted into the IAF in 1997. Today's crash is the eighth mishap involving IAF fighter aircraft this year. Seven MiG series aircraft had crashed earlier this year.

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