25.09.2004, 13:43
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Zitat:Mirage 2000 Crashes After Take Off, Pilot Safe
GWALIOR --- A frontline Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed soon after take off from the airbase here today but the pilot, Squadron Leader HS Gill, ejected safely.
The aircraft, which left the airbase for a practice interception sortie at 12.45 PM, developed problem with the undercarriage with a wheel falling off soon after take off, an IAF spokesman said.
Following the emergency, “the pilot undertook a planned ejection, burning out the fuel and then pointing it towards uninhabited area near the base,” he said.
There was no casualty on the ground and the pilot who was picked up by rescue helicopters was reported to be completely safe and unscathed, the spokesman said.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the crash, he said.
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