New Delhi, May 10: Fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday forced a plane coming from Pakistan to land at Jaipur airport reportedly after it deviated from its scheduled flight path. IAF fighter jets forced an Antonov An-12, which is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft, to land at Jaipur airport. The plane flew from Karachi and was scheduled to land in Delhi, said a report. The pilot of the plan was being questioned.

"Today afternoon one AN-12 aircraft of Georgia after getting airborne for Delhi from Karachi deviated from it’s scheduled flight path and entered Indian Air Space from an unscheduled point in North Gujarat. The aircraft was successfully intercepted by highly alert IAF Air Defence aircraft and was forced to land at Jaipur airfield," IAF spokesperson Gp Capt Anupam Bannerjee said.

The AN-12 entered the Indian air space around 70 kms north of an important air base in the Rann of Kutch from the air space, which is closed for civilian air traffic, sources told news agency ANI. They added that as soon as the air force bases detected the aircraft on their radars, they activated two air defence fighters SU-30MKI there. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's Last Radio Message Before Ejecting Out of MiG-21 Was About Firing Missile at Pakistan's F-16 Jet.

IAF fighter jets force cargo plane coming from Pakistan to land at Jaipur airport:

The incident comes two months after IAF jets engaged in a dogfight with aircraft of Pakistan Air Force after they violated the Indian air space. Pakistani aircraft violated the Indian air space a day after the IAF conducted air strikes on terror camps in Balakot to avenge killings of 40 CRPF jawans in Pulwama on February 14.

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