A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan on Saturday. Both the pilots in the trainer variant ejected safely.
“A MiG-21 T-69 trainer aircraft, which was airborne from the Utterlai Airbase near Barmer in Rajasthan, crashed around 12:15 hrs. There is no reported damage to civil or service property,” IAF officials said.
The aircraft was on a routine training mission and crashed about 75 km east of the air base. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the crash.
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