Ambala, March 7 -- Indian Air Force (IAF) officials from Ambala airbase, Haryana Police, and other Army officials reached the site of a Jaguar aircraft crash in Haryana's Ambala on Friday to inspect the wreckage. An IAF official stated that the pilot had "manoeuvred the aircraft away from any habitation" before ejecting safely.

The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry to determine the cause of the accident.

The IAF Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed near Ambala in Haryana on Friday, with the pilot ejecting safely, officials said.

According to IAF officials, the aircraft had taken off from the Ambala Air Force base for a routine evening sortie when it encountered a system malfunction and crashed.

The IAF said that the pilot successfully man...