A MiG-29 fighter jet crashed near Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Defence officials said the plane had taken off from Adampur in Punjab and was en route to Agra for an exercise when the incident happened. There were no casualties in the incident.
The Indian Air Force IAF) released a statement saying, “A MiG-29 aircraft of the IAF crashed near Agra during a routine training sortie today, after encountering a system malfunction.”
“The pilot manoeuvered the aircraft to ensure no damage to life or property on ground, before ejecting safely,” the IAF said in a post on X.
The Indian Air Force further informed that it had ordered an enquiry into the accident. “An enquiry has been ordered by the IAF, to ascertain the cause of the accident,” the IAF's statement read.
A video of the incident emerged.
More details awaited.
A MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the IAF had crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer on September 2 due to a "critical" technical snag
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