MiG-21 crashes, pilot bales out

September 06, 2011 12:02 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 12:37 am IST - Chandigarh

A MiG-21 ‘Bison’ fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force today crashed near Shambu in Punjab’s Patiala district even as the pilot bailed out safely.

The plane had taken off from Ambala on a routine training sortie and crashed at 10.47 a.m., an IAF spokesman said in Delhi.

According to preliminary information it crashed in the fields close to Shambu, about 30 km from here, Patiala’s Senior Superintendent of Police, G S Gill told PTI over phone.

Manjit Singh, Station House Officer of Shambu Police Station, said the pilot of the aircraft had ejected out before it crashed in paddy fields.

He said police and fire brigade personnel have rushed to the accident site.

A court of inquiry has been ordered into the mishap.

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