A fighter jet crashed in Haryana’s Ambala on Friday. The pilot managed to eject safely and landed using a parachute before the crash. “A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed today in Panchkula, Haryana. The aircraft had taken off from the Ambala airbase on a training sortie. The pilot ejected from the aircraft. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the accident,” news agency ANI quoted Indian Air Force officials as saying.
The IAF posted on X that the crash took place during a routine training sortie after “encountering system malfunction”. “The pilot maneuvered the aircraft away from any habitation on ground, before ejecting safely,” IAF stated.
(This is a developing story. More details to follow.)