An MiG-29 fighter aircraft on a routine night training sortie crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer late on Monday due to a snag, but the pilot ejected safely, Indian Air Force said.
During a routine night training mission in the Barmer sector, an IAF MIG-29 faced a major technical snag that necessitated ejecting the pilot. The pilot is safe and there was no loss of life or property reported. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered," said the IAF in a post on X.
Officials said the fighter plane crashed away from the residential area around 10 p.m.
Collector Nishant Jain and SP Narendra Singh Meena along with other administrative officials of the district reached the spot. The SP said that this accident was reported near Barmer's Uttarlai airbase.
Locals said the plane caught fire after a loud explosion. However, the pilot had managed to steer the plane to a deserted place before the crash.
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