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| Date: | Thursday 25 October 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar IS |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Meerut, UP -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ambala AB |
Flying in a two-aircraft formation when the pilot reported loss of control 15 minutes after take-off. Pilot Flt Lt Romesh Sharma (**F/L Prasant Verma) ejected safely but was seriously injured when he landed on rough ground near Bulahedi.
Sources:
Scramble 271
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
**AFM December 2001, p75
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Jul-2011 01:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2011 14:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Apr-2013 14:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2019 08:18 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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