'Pilot error' led to India C-130J Hercules crash

New Delhi: Pilot error is understood to be the reason behind Indian Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules aircraft crash in March in which five service personnel, including four officers, were killed near Gwalior.

The Court of Inquiry is almost complete and pilot error is believed to have been the reason behind the crash, highly placed IAF sources said in the national capital. The aircraft crashed while practising a tactical operation.