Two Indian Air Force pilots — Squadron Leader Lokender Singh Sindhu and Flight Lieutenant Rishi Raj Singh — were killed after a twin-seater Jaguar trainer aircraft crashed during a low-level training sortie near Churu, Rajasthan. This marks the third Jaguar crash since March, raising urgent questions about the IAF’s ageing fleet and flight safety protocols.
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Ageing Fleet, Rising Risk, 3 Jaguar Jet Crashes in Just 4 Months
The Indian Air Force’s ageing Jaguar fleet has recorded its third crash in four months, with the latest in Rajasthan’s Churu district on July 9 claiming two civilian lives. The incident has reignited urgent calls for retiring the decades-old aircraft amid rising safety concerns and mounting technical failures.
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