Wreckage at the site after a Jaguar fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed while on a training mission, at a village near Jamnagar IAF station in Gujarat, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI

IAF’s Jaguar jet crashes in Jamnagar, pilot killed

The other pilot has safely ejected, say officials

by · The Hindu

One pilot was killed when a Jaguar fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF), which was on a routine sortie, crashed near Jamnagar late on Wednesday (April 2, 2025), official sources confirmed.

The Jaguar was a trainer jet, and the other pilot has safely ejected, officials in the know said. IAF operates six squadrons of the Jaguar deep penetration fighter jet.

About a month ago, on March 7, a Jaguar fighter on a routine sortie crashed at Ambala after encountering a system malfunction but the pilot managed to manoeuvre the aircraft away from any habitation on ground, before ejecting safely, IAF had stated.

Published - April 02, 2025 11:48 pm IST