an Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar fighter jet crash near Churu in Rajasthan on July 9, 2025.
The crash occurred during a routine training mission.
Both pilots sustained fatal injuries in the accident.
The crash site was near Bhanuda village in Churu district.
Local residents reported hearing a loud noise and seeing flames and smoke rising from the fields before the crash.
Police and administrative teams rushed to the scene immediately after the incident.
The crash occurred during a routine training mission.
Both pilots sustained fatal injuries in the accident.
The crash site was near Bhanuda village in Churu district.
Local residents reported hearing a loud noise and seeing flames and smoke rising from the fields before the crash.
Police and administrative teams rushed to the scene immediately after the incident.
According to data from the flight recorder both the fuel control switches, which are normally used to switch the engines on or off when on the ground, were moved from the run to the cutoff position shortly after takeoff. This caused both engines to lose thrust.
This caused confusion in the cockpit, with the voice recording catching one pilot asking the other why he “cut off” – The other pilot responded that he didn’t do it.
“The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec,” an excerpt from the report stated.
“The Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cutoff.
“In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so.”
This caused confusion in the cockpit, with the voice recording catching one pilot asking the other why he “cut off” – The other pilot responded that he didn’t do it.
“The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec,” an excerpt from the report stated.
“The Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cutoff.
“In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so.”
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Final report of Saurya CRJ2 near Kathmandu on Jul 24 2024, rolled right and lost height after take off
On Jul 18th 2025 Nepal's AAIC released their final report concluding the probable causes of the accident were:
On Jul 18th 2025 Nepal's AAIC released their final report concluding the probable causes of the accident were:
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Flight 108, operated by a Boeing 787-8, departed IAD at 18:11 on Friday and was climbing through 5,000 feet when the left engine failed. The pilots declared a "mayday", and after a tense half hour in which it dumped fuel, were able to safely return to the airport without harm to passengers or crew
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