An Indian Air Force microlight aircraft crashed in Ranchad village of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district on Friday. The pilots aboard the aircraft ejected safely, The Times of India reported.
The plane was a Slovenian Pipistrel light aircraft, reports said. It took off from the Hindon air base in Ghaziabad on Friday morning, according to India Today. The force reportedly uses microlight aircraft for observational purposes.
It was participating in a drill for Air Force Day, according to NDTV. Only the nose of the aircraft was damaged, said Baghpat District Magistrate Rishirendra Kumar. “The plane nosedived and is hanging upside down in between the trees,” he said. “IAF officials are on the spot along with me and they are doing the needful.”
An inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
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