The pilot managed to land back safely at the Ambala air base, the IAF sources said

The prompt action of a Jaguar pilot of the Indian Air Force (IAF) saved his aircraft on Thursday morning. The pilot jettisoned the aircraft's fuel tanks and small practice bombs after one of the engines failed due to a bird hit, IAF sources said.

He managed to land back safely at the Ambala air base, the IAF sources said. The small practice bombs jettisoned by his aircraft have also been recovered, they said.

The pilot was going for a training mission when the aircraft got hit by a bird.

The pilot made an emergency landing in Ambala immediately when the aircraft suffered a bird hit after the takeoff.

No casualties have been reported in the incident so far.