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    IAF jets force aircraft from Pakistan to land in Jaipur

    IAF jets force aircraft from Pakistan to land in Jaipur
    Written by Ramya Patelkhana
    May 10, 2019, 08:02 pm 2 min read
    IAF jets force aircraft from Pakistan to land in Jaipur

    The Indian Air Force's Sukhoi fighter jets on Friday intercepted an Antonov An-12 heavy cargo plane coming from the Pakistani airspace, trespassing into the Indian territory. The IAF jets forced the plane to land at the Jaipur air base after intercepting it. The aircraft entered India through an unauthorized air route from Pakistan, reported ANI; pilots of the aircraft were being questioned. Here's more.

    Here's a video of the cargo plane being force landed

    #WATCH: Indian Air Force fighter jets force an Antonov AN-12 heavy cargo plane coming from Pakistani Air space to land at Jaipur airport. Questioning of pilots on. pic.twitter.com/esuGbtu9Tl

    — ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2019

    The cargo plane was carrying spares: Report

    The cargo plane, which was carrying spares, was forced to land in Jaipur at 4:55 pm. "The An-12 entered the Indian air space around 70km north of an important air base in the Rann of Kutch...which is closed for civilian air traffic," reported ANI.

    Aircraft was not responding to Indian agencies' radio calls: PIB

    The Press Information Bureau (PIB) also issued a detailed statement on the incident. Its statement said, "An unknown aircraft entered Indian Air Space in North Gujarat Sector at 1515 hrs with its IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) 'on'." It also said that the cargo plane didn't follow "the authorized Air Traffic Services (ATS) route" and was also not responding to Indian agencies' radio calls.

    The cargo plane deviated from its scheduled flight path

    According to reports, the An-12 heavy cargo plane from Georgia, after getting airborne from Pakistan's Karachi for Delhi, had deviated from its scheduled route. The aircraft then ended up entering the Indian air space from an unscheduled location in North Gujarat. The IAF would be reportedly dispatching a team from the nearby airbases to check the plane's cargo contents.

    Air Defense interceptor on operational readiness was scrambled: PIB

    "Since ATS routes in the area were closed due to the current geopolitical situation, and the aircraft entered Indian Air Space from an unscheduled point, the Air Defense interceptor on operational readiness was scrambled and vectored towards the unknown aircraft for investigation," PIB's release said.

    The An-12 cargo plane, however, responded when challenged

    PIB's statement said the cargo plane, on visual contact, was identified as a Georgian An-12 aircraft flying at 27,000 feet. "The aircraft neither responded on international distress frequency nor to visual signals during interception," it added. Later, when challenged, the aircraft informed it was "a non-scheduled An-12" and got airborne from Georgia's Tbilisi for Delhi via Karachi. It was later force landed at Jaipur.

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