Hindustan Aeronautics Restricted (HAL) addressed reviews on Monday, 23 February, and clarified that there was no crash of the LCA Tejas, solely a minor technical incident, the state-owned agency knowledgeable in an alternate submitting.
“HAL acknowledges the current media reviews on the LCA Tejas incident and needs to supply factual clarification. There was no reported crash of the LCA Tejas. The occasion in query was a minor technical incident on floor,” the submitting learn.
The Maharatna PSU clarified following reviews that the Indian Air Power (IAF) grounded your entire fleet of Tejas gentle fight plane after an accident earlier this month. The fighter jet’s airframe was severely broken within the incident, based on PTI citing sources accustomed to the matter.
HAL assured that LCA Tejas has a prime security file amongst fighter plane. In the meantime, the corporate knowledgeable that it’s conducting an in depth evaluation and dealing with the Indian Air Power to resolve the difficulty promptly.
“LCA Tejas maintains one of many world’s greatest security information amongst modern fighter plane. As a regular working process, the difficulty is being analysed in depth and HAL is working carefully with the Indian Air Power (IAF) for a speedy decision,” HAL stated.
The present security measures have been performed for in depth technical scrutiny, sources accustomed to the matter instructed the information portal.
About LCA Tejas reported incident
The reported incident occurred on 7 February 2026. This was the third accident involving the Tejas jets constructed by the Aeronautical Growth Company.
In response to the report, the plane’s airframe suffered extreme harm following a suspected brake failure. The jet overshot the runway at a front-line airbase. The pilot emerged unhurt from the incident. The plane, which had simply taken half in a coaching sortie, was returning to the bottom when a system malfunction occurred, prompting the pilot to eject.
The latest incident has occured months after the plane crash in Dubai. The Tejas crash on the Dubai Airshow in November 2025, which led to the dying of the onboard pilot. This was the second crash in Tejas historical past since its service started in 2015. The primary Tejas accident occurred in March 2024, when a fighter jet crashed close to Jaisalmer.
HAL share worth
Shares of Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) fell as much as 4.5% in the course of the day, primarily resulting from a 3rd accident involving the Tejas jet, main buyers to reassess dangers associated to execution and supply visibility, Mint reported earlier.
On the writing of writing, HAL share worth stood at ₹4,015.15 apiece on BSE, down 3.78%. The shares opened at ₹4,150 apiece.