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Indian HAL-built Su-30MKI crashes during pre-delivery test flight

Russian Aviaton » Wednesday June 27, 2018 17:35 MSK

According to the local police, the jet took off from the HAL airstrip near Nasik and crashed at Wavi-Tushi village, near the town of Pimpalgaon Baswant, around 25km from Nasik.

A brand new Su-30MKI crashed in the southern Indian city of Nasik during a pre-delivery test flight on Wednesday morning. The aircraft was solely built by the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) at its Nasik facility. A defense ministry official said that both pilots ejected safely before the accident. 

"The aircraft crashed at 11:05 am and the police received information about the crash at 11:15 am," a defense ministry official told media.  

Currently, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has around 240 Su-30MKI aircraft. It had contracted for 272 aircraft from Russia for $12 billion, the bulk of which were locally produced by HAL under license.