A Indian Air Force's MiG-21 aircraft crashed in Rajasthan's Bikaner area on Friday, reports said.
The pilot, however, evacuated from the flight to safety. The plane had taken off from Nal near Bikaner, report said. The plane was on a routine training sortie.
Today afternoon a MiG-21 aircraft on a routine mission crashed after getting airborne from Nal near Bikaner. Pilot of the aircraft ejected safely. Initial inputs suggest a bird hit. CoI will be investigating the cause of the accident.@PMOIndia@nsitharaman@PIB_India@IAF_MCC
— A. Bharat Bhushan Babu (@SpokespersonMoD) March 8, 2019
A bird hit might have been responsible for the crash – as per reports. More details are awaited.
