MİG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in the northern Rajasthan state on Friday, the country’s Defense Ministry said.
THE REASON WILL BE INVESTIGATED
“Today afternoon a MiG-21 aircraft on a routine mission crashed after getting airborne from Nal near Bikaner. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely. Initial inputs suggest a bird hit. CoI [court of inquiry] will be investigating the cause of the accident,” the Defence Ministry spokesman said in a Twitter post.
Last month, an Indian military chopper had crashed in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing all six people on board as well as one civilian on the ground.