Chandigarh, May 8: A MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Punjab on Friday. No casualties were reported. According to IAF officials, a MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashed today near Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. The pilot managed to eject safely. The MiG-29 aircraft was on a training mission from an Air Force base near Jalandhar. According to IAF officials, the aircraft had developed a technical snag and the pilot ejected safely as he was unable to control the aircraft. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered by the IAF.

The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. India was the first international customer of the MiG-29. MiG-29s were used extensively during the 1999 Kargil War. Since its induction into the IAF in 1985, the aircraft has undergone a series of modifications with the addition of new avionics, sub-systems, turbofan engines and radars. MIG 29K Aircraft on Training Sortie Crashes in Goa, Pilot Safe.

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On Thursday, a similar incident was reported from Sikkim. A Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) made a forced landing few kilomnetres away from the designated helipad. According to a tweet by ANI, six personnel were on board the helicopter when the incident took place. All the personnel on board were safe while one person had sustained injured.

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