UP: IAF microlight crashes in Baghpat, pilots safe

Lucknow: A two-seater Indian Air Force (IAF) plane crashed in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district on Friday. Both the pilots were safe.

The ML-130 microlight plane had taken off from the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad and was reportedly participating in a drill for Air Force Day.

The incident took place at around 1000 hours in the thickets of Ranchad in Binauli area.

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Rishirendra Kumar, the District Magistrate of Baghpat stated that barring the nose of the aircraft there were no other damages.

"The plane nosedived and is hanging upside down in between the trees. IAF officials are on the spot along with me and they are doing the needful" he added.