{"id":510073,"date":"2022-07-29T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=510073"},"modified":"2022-07-29T12:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T06:58:52","slug":"two-pilots-killed-in-mig-21-aircraft-accident-near-barmer-in-rajasthan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/two-pilots-killed-in-mig-21-aircraft-accident-near-barmer-in-rajasthan\/","title":{"rendered":"Two pilots killed in Mig-21 aircraft accident near Barmer in Rajasthan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed in Rajasthan on Thursday when the MiG-22 fighter jet they were flying crashed near Barmer. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A twin seater Mig-21 trainer aircraft of the IAF was airborne for a training sortie from Utarlai air base in Rajasthan this evening. Around 9:10 pm, the aircraft met with an accident near Barmer. Both pilots sustained fatal injuries,&#8221; the IAF said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n<p>A court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;IAF deeply regrets the loss of lives and stands firmly with the bereaved families,&#8221; said the IAF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed in Rajasthan on Thursday when the MiG-22 fighter jet they were flying crashed near Barmer. &#8220;A twin seater Mig-21 trainer aircraft of the IAF was airborne for a training sortie from Utarlai air base in Rajasthan this evening. Around 9:10 pm, the aircraft met with an accident near Barmer. Both pilots sustained fatal injuries,&#8221; the IAF said in a brief statement. A court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident. &#8220;IAF deeply regrets the loss of lives and stands firmly with the bereaved families,&#8221; said the IAF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,146,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-deccan-herald-newspapers","category-deccan-herald-newspapers","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}