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| Date: | Friday 7 October 2005 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar IS |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | JS1.. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gwalior AB, India (GWL/VIGR) |
Developed an engine problem just after take-off for a strike training mission and returned to attempt an emergency landing, dropping its external tanks in a canal near Datia whilst coming back to the airfield. However, both engines failed before the aircraft rrached the runway and the aircraft crashed in an isolated area within the base perimeter.. The pilot S/L Vishal Gupta ejected safely seconds before impact.
Sources:
Scramble 318
AFM DEC 2005, p76
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jul-2011 00:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2011 14:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jul-2019 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 02-Dec-2021 13:06 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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