CHENNAI: A small trainer aircraft belonging to the Tambaram Air Force Station crashed following a midair technical malfunction, near Tiruporur on Friday afternoon. While the pilot managed to eject safely, the aircraft crashed close to a salt factory.

According to initial reports, the aircraft had taken off from the Tambaram Air Force Base in the morning for a routine training. Around 2.45 pm, residents near the factory in the Uppalam area saw the aircraft descending rapidly before it crashed and exploded, sending smoke billowing into the sky.

Local police and fire personnel from Tiruporur rushed to the spot. The wreckage was found scattered across the salt field, and no civilians were injured as the crash occurred far from any residential zone.

The aircraft was reportedly piloted by Su

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