IAF group captain dies in MiG crash
An Indian Air Force group captain died in an accident while his MiG-21 Bison aircraft was taking off on Wednesday morning.
The “fatal accident” involving Group Captain A. Gupta took place when the aircraft was taking off for a combat training mission.
The air force did not disclose the location of the airbase, except for saying it was in central India. The news agency PTI put out a picture of the wreckage from Gwalior.
“A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the IAF was involved in a fatal accident this morning while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India,” the IAF said.
