Gwalior: A MiG-21 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Wednesday morning near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
However, both the pilots managed to eject safely.
The crash occured after the aircraft took off from the airfield on a training sortie.
There were no casualties in the incident, said the Indian Air Force (IAF).
According to sources, the crash took place around 10 am.
“It was a twin-seater trainer jet with two pilots — a Group Captain and a Squadron Leader. Both ejected safely before the crash, ” said an IAF spokesman adding that the reason for the said crash is not known.
A Court of Inquiry has been instituted by the IAF to ascertain whether a technical snag or human error led to the crash, said sources.