Wreckage Of Crashed Unknown Aircraft Found In Jammu Kashmir's Pulwama
Eyewitnesses claimed that the remains of the crashed aircraft were found at two locations—Main Wuyan Chowk and Astan Chowk—in the area today.
Published : May 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM IST
Pulwama: Wreckage of an unknown aircraft was found in the Wuyan area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.
Eyewitnesses claimed that the remains of the crashed aircraft were found at two locations—Main Wuyan Chowk and Astan Chowk—in the area today. The wreckage was examined by Indian Air Force (IAF) officials at these two spots this morning. However, they didn't speak to the media about the incident.
The Wuyan area, particularly these two spots, was cordoned off by paramilitary and policemen while the air force officials were examining the mangled pieces of the aircraft.
An official response about this crash and wreckage is yet to be ascertained, as there is no statement from the police or the air force.
Wuyan residents who didn't want to be named told ETV Bharat that they heard loud explosions at around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday.
“We didn't sleep after the explosive sounds, fearing that the war had begun between India and Pakistan,” said a local youth. “We were apprehensive, as the tense situation has prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir since the Pahalgam attack, in which 26 tourists were massacred on April 22,” he said.
A local, near whose house a few mangled parts of the aircraft sit, told ETV Bharat that the first mangled part looked like a fuel tank, as the gasoline smell engulfed this compound. “It has fallen just behind my house, into the compound of a mosque,” he said.
The second major part, as per locals and government officials, fell near a school building, damaging its second storey and rooftop and putting into flames a nearby Chinar tree. This spot is nearly 200 metres away from the first spot, where the fuel tank was found.
Government sources also claimed that the Fire and Emergency Services in the Khrew area, the neighbouring village of Wuyan, rushed its men and fire brigade to the area after receiving reports about the “aircraft crash into a school building”.
“This school compound was completely cordoned off by security forces and policemen as Indian Air Force officials were minutely examining the wreckage till this report was filed,” they said.
Schools and shops were shut in north Kashmir amid the tense situation in Jammu and Kashmir as the Line of Control (LoC) continued to flare up with shelling between Indian and Pakistani armies.
The incident comes as India Wednesday night launched “Operation Sindoor” and said that they struck nine terrorist locations inside Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam attack. However, Pakistan refuted the strike, saying six locations were hit in which 8 civilians were killed and many were injured.
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