Fighter Plane of Indian Air Force Crashes in Nashik

Nashik: A Sukhoi fighter plane of the Indian Air Force crashed in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday. But the pilot and co-pilot managed to eject from the crashed plane safely. They received minor injuries.

According to police sources, the fighter plane crashed in a field near Shirasgaon village of Nashik district. It was being flown by Wing Commander Bokil and his second in command Biswas when it crashed at around 1.20 pm.

Both injured pilots were admitted to the local HAL hospital.

After it crashed, the aircraft caught fire which was doused by the fire brigade. The debris of the crashed plane were stewn in a 500 metre radius.

Teams of Indian Air Force, HAL security and HAL technical unit rushed to the spot to investigate.