J&K : Spot where the MiG-21 Aircraft crashed in Anantnag pic.twitter.com/H6nOsGuwGf
— ANI (@ANI_news) May 27, 2014
A MIG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force today crashed in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district in Kashmir, killing the pilot.
The MIG-21, which was on a routine exercise, crashed in the fields at Mirhama in Bijbehara area, 45 kms from here, defence sources said.
Pilot Raghu Bansi was killed in the crash, they said.
The MIG-21 had taken off from Technical Airport here this morning, the sources said.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known. A team of IAF officials have rushed to the spot.
One MiG-21 Aircraft crashed abt 10 kms short of Awantipur Airbase, pilot airborne frm Srinagar was on routine training sortie: IAF statement
— ANI (@ANI_news) May 27, 2014
