Aircraft wreckage yet to be removed

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, MAY 4.The wreckage of the IAF trainer aircraft that crashed in a deserted area of the Vandalur Zoo inside the lion safari enclosure on Thursday, killing the lone pilot could not be removed today, as a lion continued to roam the area.

The Zoo director, Mr. Krishnakumar, said eight of the nine lions had returned to a closed enclosure on Thursday evening. However, one lion continued to remain near the wreckage site.

A search operation has been launched for the lion, which is hiding inside a thick bushy area. The authorities will not take any step to chase the animal, but will wait for it to return probably when it is hungry. Once it returns to the enclosure, the wreckage would be removed, he said.

Squadron Leader Sanjay Gaur (35), a senior IAF instructor with the Tambaram Air Force base, had taken off in a Kiran Mk-1 around 9-30 a.m. and crashed about 20 minutes later.

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