July 1, 2019 at 11:47 am
IAF said: ” On the morning of 27 June19, an IAF Jaguar aircraft loaded with two drop tanks & Carrier Bomb Light Stores (CBLS) pods took off from AFS Ambala for a training mission. Immediately after take off, the aircraft encountered a flock of birds. The bird hit resulted in the failure of one engines.The pilot jettisoned two additional fuel drop tanks & CBLS Pods as per Standard Operating Procedure & safely landed the a/c. The dropped fuel ignited into two large fire balls.
Video in this link – https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226658