IAF plane accidentally drops non-explosive ammunition over house in MP

An Indian Air Force plane on a sortie, accidently dropped non-explosive ammunition that damaged a house in Pichhore town in Madhya Pradesh.

The IAF in a statement said, it regrets the damage caused to property on ground, near Shivpuri, by the inadvertent drop of a non-explosive store from an IAF aircraft, and has instituted an inquiry into the incident.

The ammunition of this type is carried by planes when practicing. The ammunition weighs like an actual ammunition to allow the pilot to judge the aerodynamics. Since it weighs the same as ammunition, it is cased in heavy metal. The non-explosive ammunition, which dropped on a house, caused severe damage. However, nobody was injured in the accident.

News agencies reported that the ammunition fell on the roof of the house of Manoj Sagar, a teacher, around 11 am, completely damaging two rooms. The debris fell on a car parked nearby.

Sagar was having food inside the house with his children and his wife was in the kitchen when the roof burst open with a loud explosion and an 8-10 feet deep pit was formed in the courtyard. Vibrations caused by the explosion were felt in neighbouring houses too.