IAF aircraft crashes in MP’s Bhind, pilot injured

New Delhi: An aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind on Thursday, said police. Bhind Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Kumar Singh informed that the pilot has been injured in the mishap.

“An IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft experienced a technical malfunction during a training sortie in the central sector this morning. The pilot ejected safely. An Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident,” Indian Air Force (IAF) tweeted today.

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मध्य प्रदेश के भिंड में वायुसेना का एक ट्रेनर एयरक्राफ्ट दुर्घटनाग्रस्त। पायलट घायल। pic.twitter.com/zRKlk6i4Ro

— Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह (@umashankarsingh) October 21, 2021

A mobile video taken by a person on the ground shows the pilot's parachute smoothly gliding down #Bhind pic.twitter.com/6R3XLVRoW5

— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) October 21, 2021

Further details are awaited