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| Date: | Thursday 3 May 2001 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  HAL HJT-16 Kiran |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vandalur -
 India
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tambaram (9:30) |
| local |
Crashed in the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, 20 minutes after take-off from Flying Instructor School south of Chennai. Pilot S/L Sanjay Gaur ejected but died a short time later.
Sources:
Scramble 267
AFM July 2001, p88
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2019 08:33 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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