Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 aircraft crashes near Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh

Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 fighter jet crashes near Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh; probe ordered to ascertain cause: Defence officials
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"A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the IAF crashed near Shivpuri (Gwalior), during a routine training sortie today, after encountering a system malfunction. Both the pilots ejected safely. An enquiry has been ordered by the IAF to ascertain the cause of the accident," the IAF posted on X.

There is also a single-seater version of the Mirage 2000. The multirole fighter jet Mirage 2000, built by France's Dassault Aviation, flew for the first time in 1978.

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A MiG-29 fighter jet crashed into a field near Uttar Pradesh's Agra in November 2024, during a routine training sortie due to a technical glitch. The pilot ejected himself to safety at the time of the crash.

When the incident happend, the plane had taken off from Adampur in Punjab and was on its way to Agra for an exercise.

"A MiG-29 aircraft of the IAF crashed near Agra during a routine training sortie today, after encountering a system malfunction. The pilot manoeuvred the aircraft to ensure no damage to life or property on the ground, before ejecting safely. An inquiry has been ordered by the IAF to ascertain the cause of the accident", the Air Force had said in a statement.