Three civilians on the ground were killed after the wreckage of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 fighter jet, which crashed near Suratgarh in Rajasthan at about 09:45 hours, fell on a house on May 8. The pilot has ejected safely, sustaining minor injuries.
“The aircraft had got airborne for a routine operational training sortie from the Air Force Station at Suratgarh. Soon thereafter, the pilot experienced an onboard emergency, following which he attempted to recover the aircraft as per existing procedures. Having failed to do so, he initiated an ejection, sustaining minor injuries in the process,” the IAF said in a statement.
The pilot was recovered from about 25 km northeast of Suratgarh base.
