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[Yasser76]

It's a Tire burst which caused damage to landing gear and under carriage

Will take a month to fix

Your engineering skills are first rate, can I ask did you do the damage inspection yourself or you just supervised it. Also well done on getting a full assement done so quickly and also working out how long HAL need.

Amazing work.

 

[Sam6536]

Why was it landing at an international airport?

Dual use airport. The civilian terminal is a part of the Pune Airbase.

They're apparently making a new civilian only airport at a new location as the current one has hit expansion limits for the civilian part.

 

[Waz]

You lot should know the IAF has a whole host of excuses which they pick out to explain their lack of competence. Tyre burst, bird strike, bad wind etc, all due to their terrible skill set. Remember these are the same lot who claimed F-16 kills during operation Swift Retort and then claimed half a dozen kills through their air defence systems during operation Sindoor.

 

[maxpane]

It's a Tire burst which caused damage to landing gear and under carriage

Will take a month to fix

in video aircraft got fire. it will recover but it takes time

 

[Yasser76]

You lot should know the IAF has a whole host of excuses which they pick out to explain their lack of competence. Tyre burst, bird strike, bad wind etc, all due to their terrible skill set. Remember these are the same lot who claimed F-16 kills during operation Swift Retort and then claimed half a dozen kills through their air defence systems during operation Sindoor.
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Yeah, or last months Tejas incident where the pilot had to eject but it was a minor taxing issue. Utter clown show. Unbelievably there are some on here who still consider IAF a professional first rate force. Been argueing for ages this is no longer the case. They lost it around 20 years back.....

 

[maxpane]

how many aircraft accidents in 2026?

 

[Yasser76]

how many aircraft accidents in 2026?

3 so far this year, 2 SU-30MKIs and a Tejas. Even their relatively new planes are crashing.

At current rate they will lose 12 this year, which is not too bad as they lost 17 to attrition and conflict last year.

Add up last 12 months (April to April) and it has been 18 planes. Basically an entire fighter squadron....

 

[maxpane]

3 so far this year, 2 SU-30MKIs and a Tejas. Even their relatively new planes are crashing.

At current rate they will lose 12 this year, which is not too bad as they lost 17 to attrition and conflict last year.

Add up last 12 months (April to April) and it has been 18 planes. Basically an entire fighter squadron....

woooow if it continues like that then its impossible for them to reolace aircrafts num by num

 

[Justin TruDont]

Totaled?

That's not pune air port

Use Google reverse image search
That video is from a 2022 incident in indonesia

Good for you and IAF

 

[Yasser76]

woooow if it continues like that then its impossible for them to reolace aircrafts num by num

That is the issue now. For last 4 years IAF has not had a single new fighter inducted.In that space of time they have lost 36 aircraft (2 Sqds).

 

[Ali_Baba]

The airframe seems to be on fire in the middle of the runway per this video from Indian Source.

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Erm - yep - that can be "buffed out easily........."

 

[Trailer23]

But the Vegetarian Catering truck is fine, right?

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@Yasser76 @hasssanali8998

 

[Maarkhoor]

update: Indian Pune airport shutdown 11 hours even now after suspected SU-30 MKI crashed but no official statement issued yet.
Pune airport used by IAF and Civil aviation together.

Pune fighter jet incident: What we know about the undercarriage failure, why this IAF base is critical

The airport uses a 'dual-use model', integrating civilian commercial operations with an active Air Force station. Because of this arrangement, civilian air traffic is often subject to restrictions, especially during military exercises, VIP movements or operational requirements

indianexpress.com

 

[Maarkhoor]

Defence sources said the incident involved a Sukhoi 30 MKi aircraft, but the IAF did not confirm the type of the aircraft. Pune airport director Santosh Dhoke said, “A fighter aircraft experienced an undercarriage failure after it had a hard landing around 10.25pm, resulting in blockage of the runway.

 

[Maarkhoor]

Defence sources said the incident involved a Sukhoi 30 MKi aircraft, but the IAF did not confirm the type of the aircraft. Pune airport director Santosh Dhoke said, “A fighter aircraft experienced an undercarriage failure after it had a hard landing around 10.25pm, resulting in blockage of the runway.

Point to be noted that for SU 30 MKI and Tejas jets Indian HAL developed landing systems and in a recent crashes of Tejas and now SU 30 failure of landing gears suspected to cause the crash.