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It said an inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident.
“An inadvertent release of an air store from an Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircraft took place near Pokhran firing range area, due to technical malfunction, today,” the IAF said on ‘X’.
The incident occurred in an isolated area, authorities said.
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The nature of the ‘air store’ released by the aircraft is not immediately known.
In military parlance, anything attached to an aircraft or part of it is called an ‘air store’. Bombs, missiles, munitions and even fuel tanks are also referred to as ‘air store’.
Sub-Inspector of Ramdevra police station, Shankar Lal, said some people heard a loud bang about a kilometre away from the village following which they rushed to the spot and found pieces of an object lying around.