Chamarajanagar, June 1 (). Kiran, a training aircraft of the Indian Air Force, crashed in an open field at Bhogapura in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka on Thursday.
The pilots managed to eject from the aircraft during the crash and landed safely using parachutes.
According to officials, the trainer aircraft had taken off from the HAL airport in Bengaluru in the morning. The plane developed a technical fault and crashed. The aircraft was completely damaged and engulfed in flames. Parts of the aircraft were found scattered all over.
There is no information about any casualty in the incident. There was a female pilot and a male pilot in the aircraft. Both got out safely.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to find out the cause of the incident.
This is the second such incident in the state this week. A major tragedy was averted when a trainer aircraft developed a technical snag and made an emergency landing in a field under Marihal police station limits in Belagavi district on Tuesday (May 30).
The training aircraft VT-RBF belonged to the Redbird Institute and took off from the Sambra airport in Belagavi and was on a routine sortie. Two people including the pilot were on board the plane. There were no casualties.
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