Indian Air Force's Jaguar aircraft crashed in Haryana's Panchkula district on Friday with the pilot ejecting safely, said a police official.

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He said the pilot maneuvered the aircraft away from any habitation on the ground and there was no loss of life or injury reported to anyone on the ground.

"The IAF aircraft crashed in the hilly terrain of Panchkula district (near Morni hills).

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The pilot ejected safely," SHO, Raipurrani in Panchkula district told PTI over the phone.

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Haryana Deputy Commissioner of Police Himadree Kaushik told PTI that the aircraft crashed in Raipurrani area of Panchkula district.

Sources said the aircraft had taken off on a routine training sortie from Ambala.

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The IAF in a post on X said the aircraft crashed when it was on a routine training sortie after encountering a system malfunction.

"An inquiry has been ordered by the IAF to ascertain the cause of the incident", said the post.

Last month, a twin-seater Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft crashed near Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, during a routine training sortie. Both pilots ejected safely before the crash.

In November 2024, a MiG-29 fighter jet went down in a field near Agra, Uttar Pradesh, following a technical glitch during a routine training sortie. The pilot managed to eject safely before impact.

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