NEW DELHI – An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter jet today crash landed atthe Jamnagar Air Force base, an IAF official said.

The pilot of the aircraft is safe as he ejected in time, said the official.”Ataround 9:20 am, the pilot of a Jaguar aircraft, on a routine mission fromJamnagar, safely ejected when the aircraft developed a snag during thelanding phase. It was a minor accident. Pilot is safe,” said the official.

He said a court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of theincident.

According to him, the plane has not crash landed, as it had only developeda technical snag. There was only minor damage to the fighter jet, he said.

The incident comes just three days after another Jaguar fighter jet crashedin Kutch in which senior IAF pilot Air Commodore Sanjai Chauhan was killed.

Air Commodore Chauhan, a recipient of the Vayu Sena Medal and the AirOfficer Commanding of Jamnagar Air Force Station, died when the deeppenetration plane crashed in a field in Bareja village on June 5.