IAF Kiran aircraft with woman pilot crashes near Hyderabad
Posted [relativedate] at [relativetime time_format=”H:i”]
The fire erupted after the IAF Kiran trainer aircraft of the IAF crashed on Friday immediately after taking off from Hakimpet. A 22-year-old woman trainee pilot was inside the craft. She managed to escape miraculously when the Kiran Mark-I aircraft of the Indian Air Force, that crashed close to the busy Rajiv Rahadari Highway on Friday afternoon in Siddipet district.
Passers-by on the highway came to the help of the Sakshi Rehana the trainee pilot, by calling the IAF command control room and also the ambulance after the crash.
Except for the Sukhoi Su-30, all other Indian Air Force fighter aircraft are older than the pilots who fly them.
As per police reports, the aircraft took off from its base at Hakimpet at around 12 pm on a routine flight. While flying across Duddeda in Siddipet district, it is understood the aircraft developed a technical snag and the pilot lost control. She fell in the open area in the process of ejecting from the aircraft. The aircraft crashed around 100 meters away from where she landed, said V Shiva Kumar, Siddipet Police Commissioner.
According to the commissioner, the aircraft broke into two parts on impact and then caught fire. The parts of the craft were scattered all over the place and some were totally burnt too. It is noted that the trainee sustained injuries on her legs and was given first aid and airlifted back to base, said the police.
