A MiG 21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, killing the pilot, the IAF said. The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry into the crash.
The aircraft had taken off from the Pathankot airbase on a routine sortie at 12:20 pm. It crashed around 1:20 pm in Patta Jattian village in Jawali, around 70 km from Dharamshala.
Kangra’s Superintendent of police of Kangra Santosh Patial had earlier said the pilot was missing.
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Two IAF helicopters landed at the crash site soon after the accident for search operations and on-the-spot investigation.
Wednesday’s accident comes less than two months after another MiG 21 crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on May 27. The crash killed the pilot.
The ageing MiG 21 aircraft, once the workhorse of IAF was later dubbed flying coffins after a spurt in crashes. The aircraft was inducted into the IAF in 1963.
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