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Date: | Sunday 25 June 1995 |
Time: | |
Type: | SEPECAT Jaguar IS |
Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn Indian AF |
Registration: | JS161 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, -
India
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Gorakhpur AB, India (GOP/VEGK) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed at Bichhiya, India, while on landing approach to Gorakhpur, after tailchute deployed prematurely. Pilot on a Ferry Flight to Gorakhpur.
On approach at Gorakhpur, the Tail Chute deployed by accident. The ATC warning was not heard as R/T was non functional. As aircraft lost height pilot ejected.
Pilot - Flt Lt Chauhan - ejected safely, but two killed on the ground.
Sources:
Flight International 24-30 April 1996
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
http://www.targetlock.org.uk/jaguar/production_india.html
http://www.warbirds.in/Crashes/crdetails.php?crno=307
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Jan-2009 10:27 |
harro |
Updated |
11-Jul-2011 01:03 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
17-Aug-2011 12:16 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Apr-2013 13:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |