The Indian Air Force’s indigenous light combat Tejas jets will start flying from next week, two months after the entire fleet was grounded for safety checks after an aircraft crashed at a frontline airbase. ADVERTISEMENTSunil said the entire fleet of 34 Tejas jets would fly from April 8 as the glitch found in an aircraft’s software had been resolved. The February crash was the third such incident involving the Tejas fighter jet, the country’s flagship light combat aircraft which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed as “India’s pride”. Tejas LCA was inducted in 2016 and the IAF is preparing to induct its advanced variant (LCA Mk-1A). Sources said the resumption of operations would follow a structured safety protocol jointly overseen by HAL and the IAF.

Source: The Telegraph April 02, 2026 23:48 UTC