NEW DELHI: A MiG-21 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near the Gwalior airbase on Wednesday, official sources said.
Both pilots ejected safely, they said.
The aircraft, which was on a routine mission, crashed around 10 am, the sources said.
The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry to ascertain the cause of the accident, they said.
The trainer jet crashed in Choudhary-ka-Pura in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district, police from the area said.