BREAKING | MiG-21 Fighter Jet Of Indian Air Force Crashes In Madhya Pradesh, Pilot Dies

<p>A MiG-21 fighter jet of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday morning. As per the early inputs, captain A Gupta died in the incident.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the Indian Air Force, the aircraft crashed at an airbase in central India. The tragic accident happened when the fighter jet was taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India.</p> <p>In a Twitter post, the Indian Air Force confirmed the incident stating that IAF lost &nbsp;Group Captain A Gupta in the tragic accident.</p> <p>"IAF expresses deep condolences and stands firmly with the family members," Indian Air Force tweeted.&nbsp;</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The IAF lost Group Captain A Gupta in the tragic accident. IAF expresses deep condolences and stands firmly with the family members. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the accident.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1372090642084421632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 17, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>Meanwhile, a court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate what caused the accident.&nbsp;</p> <p>This is second such incident in 2021. Earlier this year in January, IAF's MiG-21 aircraft crashed in the Suratgarh area of Rajasthan. However, the pilot ejected himself safely during the accident and saved his life.</p>

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