A MiG-27 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed on Tuesday in Eta village in Pokaran tehsil of Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, a defence official said. The pilot ejected safely, Defence spokesperson Col Sombit Ghosh said.
“A MiG 27 aircraft airborne from Jaisalmer crashed during a routine mission today evening. Pilot ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry will investigate the cause of the accident,” Ghosh said. Jaisalmer SP Kiran Kang said no casualty has been reported so far, and a police team is in touch with Air Force officials. She said a police team rushed to the spot.
A few hours before the accident, in Delhi, IAF’s Vice Chief Air Marshal Anil Khosla, during an interaction with reporters, had said that life of a pilot is the most important, and then other factors come lower in priority list.