One of many pilots, who was injured within the IAF Jaguar fighter jet crash in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district Wednesday night time, was delivered to the premier orthopaedic institute of the Indian Armed Forces in Pune’s Khadki Thursday for specialised therapy.
Group Captain Manish Kumar Singh, 43, Commanding Officer of 224 Squadron Jamnagar, fractured his proper leg and suffered burn accidents after he ejected from the plane following the crash within the Suvarda village of the Jamnagar district.
Group Captain Singh had a compound fracture of the tibula or shinbone and fibula, which runs from the knee to the ankle, of the appropriate leg, with burns and hypothyroidism. He was initially handled at GGH Jamnagar (Civil Hospital) on April 2, the place he underwent debridement or the removing of useless or contaminated pores and skin tissue and closure of open fracture of the appropriate tibia.
The Army Hospital, Khadki, has a devoted spinal wire damage centre, the one one within the Armed Forces that caters completely to spinal wire accidents. In accordance with defence authorities, sufferers are referred to MH Khadki for specialised care and therapy since spinal wire accidents are comparatively widespread in ejection accidents.
In a press release Thursday morning, the Indian Air Drive mentioned the pilots on an evening mission skilled a “technical malfunction” within the plane earlier than the crash Wednesday night time. “An IAF Jaguar two-seater plane airborne from Jamnagar airfield crashed throughout an evening mission. The pilots confronted a technical malfunction and initiated ejection, avoiding hurt to the airfield and native inhabitants,” the assertion mentioned.
“Sadly, one pilot succumbed to his accidents, whereas the opposite is receiving medical therapy at a hospital in Jamnagar. The IAF deeply regrets the lack of life and stands firmly with the bereaved household. A Court docket of Inquiry has been ordered to determine the reason for the accident,” it added.
Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, a resident of Majra Bhalkhi village in Haryana’s Rewari district, was killed within the crash.
