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An Indian Air Force (IAF) craft crashed connected Friday (November 14, 2025) day connected the Thiruporur-Nemmili Road adjacent Chennai. The aviator miraculously ejected himself to safety. The mishap occurred astatine astir 2 p.m.
A Defence spokesperson said the aircraft, ‘Pilatus PC-7,’ which was connected a regular grooming mission, crashed adjacent Thiruporur. A Court of Inquiry (COI) has been ordered to ascertain the cause. The aviator was taken by an aerial ambulance, and further probe is nether way.
Defence unit cod parts of the craft that crashed adjacent Thiruporur | Photo Credit: M. Karunakaran
Local residents said a large sound was heard connected the Thiruporur-Nemmeli Road that connects East Coast Road (ECR) with Rajiv Gandhi Salai astatine astir 2 p.m. wherever the craft crashed adjacent a brackish mill compound wall. K. Sivaraman, a nonmigratory of Thiruporur, said his aunt who lives adjacent had called him to accidental she heard a large explosion.
The aviator being helped into an aerial ambulance connected the Thiruporur bypass adjacent Thandalam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“I got a telephone astatine 2.10 p.m. The aviator who parachuted to information fell connected the Thiruporur bypass connected the median adjacent Thandalam. He was fortunate to person fallen a fewer metres distant from the precocious hostility powerfulness lines. Though the constabulary and an ambulance reached the spot, helium refused archetypal assistance and waited for the aerial ambulance that arrived astatine astir 3 p.m.,” Mr. Sivaraman claimed.
