Home Articles Navy’s MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashes over Arabian Sea, one pilot missing, one...
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The Indian Navy’s MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashed into the sea on Thursday evening. According to reports, while one pilot has been rescued, the second pilot has gone missing.
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The Indian Navy in a statement said that a search by air and surface units is underway for the second pilot. The aircraft crashed over the Arabian Sea at 5 pm yesterday. The Navy said that it has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident.
“One pilot recovered and search by air and surface units in progress for the second pilot. An inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident,” the Indian Navy said.
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The officials confirmed that the jet had taken off for a sortie from India’s only aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. MiG-29K – the Russian-origin fighter planes – operate from the deck of INS Vikramaditya, which had taken part in the recent Malabar naval drills involving the Quad navies of US, Australia, India and Japan in the northern Arabian sea.
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The Indian Navy has a fleet of around 40 MiG-29K fighter jets and some of them operate from the aircraft carrier. This is third crash of MiG 29K in one year.
