Mig-21 crashes near Jodhpur, pilot safe

In the third IAF fighter aircraft mishap in less than a month, a Mig-21'Bison' plane today crashed near Jodhpur but the pilot ejected safely.

The war plane, which had taken off for a routine sortie in the forenoon from the Jodhpur airbase, crashed on a barren stretch land in Luni village in Mordijoshyan, near here, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Kaviraj said.

There was no damage on the ground, he said.

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