MIG Crash in Jodhpur, 6 injured

A MIG-27 fighter aircraft crashed in fields between Kankani and Salavas village in Jodhpur District today morning, injuring six person including four child of same family. The MiG-27 pilot, a squadron leader, ejected out of the cockpit safely just before the aircraft crashed between 8.10 hours and 8.20 hours in Konkani village in Luni, about 40 kms from jodhpur.

The plane crashed soon after take off into an under construction house in a field near village. The Indian Air Force has ordered a probe into the crash. This is the second IAF fighter aircraft crash in as many weeks, the previous mishap being that of a sophisticated Suk-30MKI air superiority fighter near Jaisalmer on April 30. This is the fourth IAF aircraft crash in 2009, the first being that of a Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team's Kiran-MkII crash in Bidar on January 21, followed by an unmanned aerial vehicle crash the same day in Hashimara. The last MiG-27 crash had taken place in Hashimara on January 31 last year in ambala when plane crash in the city.