MiG-21 crashes in Himachal, pilot missing (Lead)
Wednesday - July 18, 2018 4:14 pm ,
Category : INDIA
MiG-21 crashes in Himachal, pilot missing (Lead)
Shimla July 18 (IANS) A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed on Wednesday during a routine sortie in Himachal Pradesh s Kangra district officials said.
The pilot was reported missing and a court of inquiry has been ordered.
Kangra Superintendent of Police Santosh Patial told reporters that the aircraft crashed in Patta Jatian village in Jawali area around 1.30 p.m. The pilot s whereabouts are being ascertained Patial said.
The accident spot is around 70 km from district headquarters Dharamsala.
According to IAF officers the MiG-21 had taken off from the Pathankot IAF station.
Two IAF choppers had landed at the site and airmen were carrying out an investigation.
On June 5 an IAF Jaguar fighter jet had crashed in Kutch in Gujarat soon after takeoff killing the pilot.
--IANS vg/tsb/bg
The pilot was reported missing and a court of inquiry has been ordered.
Kangra Superintendent of Police Santosh Patial told reporters that the aircraft crashed in Patta Jatian village in Jawali area around 1.30 p.m. The pilot s whereabouts are being ascertained Patial said.
The accident spot is around 70 km from district headquarters Dharamsala.
According to IAF officers the MiG-21 had taken off from the Pathankot IAF station.
Two IAF choppers had landed at the site and airmen were carrying out an investigation.
On June 5 an IAF Jaguar fighter jet had crashed in Kutch in Gujarat soon after takeoff killing the pilot.
--IANS vg/tsb/bg
