‘No reported crash of LCA Tejas’: HAL terms Tejas incident a ‘minor technical’ issue – BusinessToday

Days after a HAL Tejas jet of the Indian Air Power sustained injury at a frontline airbase, its producer Hindustan Aeronautics Restricted (HAL) on Monday termed the episode a “minor” incident, whereas stopping quick of sharing particular particulars. 

“There was no reported crash of the LCA Tejas. The occasion in query was a minor technical incident on floor,” a HAL spokesperson mentioned. 

The corporate reiterated that the plane “maintains one of the world’s finest security information amongst up to date fighter plane” and added that, as half of commonplace working process, the issue is being analysed in depth in coordination with the IAF for a speedy decision. 

In a publish on X, HAL mentioned, “HAL acknowledges the current media experiences on the LCA Tejas incident and desires to offer factual clarification. There was no reported crash of the LCA Tejas. The occasion in query was a minor technical incident on floor.” 

It’s learnt that the plane sustained injury after it overshot the runway on February 7. There was no official phrase from the IAF to this point. 

The clarification comes amid heightened scrutiny inside the Air Power following the loss of a third Tejas plane earlier this month, which has led to enhanced technical checks throughout the prevailing fleet, in keeping with sources. 

Shares of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd fell 3 per cent in Monday’s commerce after a Tejas Mild Fight Plane was misplaced in an accident throughout a routine coaching mission, triggering a fleet-vast technical evaluate. The inventory ended the day at Rs 4,025.00 apiece down by 3.48 per cent from it is earlier shut. The scrip has already been below stress, sliding 6 per cent over the previous month and eight per cent 12 months-to-date amid experiences of HAL’s exclusion from the AMCA programme. 

Tejas is a single-engine, multi-function fighter succesful of working in excessive-risk air environments, and is designed for air defence, maritime reconnaissance and strike missions.