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NEW DELHI: A MiG-27 of the IAF crashed 40 km east of the
MIG-27 crashes in West Bengal, pilot safe - The Times of India
Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal at 8.30 am on Friday morning.
The aircraft crashed at Duria village in West Midnapore district this morning but the pilot ejected safely.
The aircraft was on a routine sortie when it crashed at 8:30 am in the village, district magistrate N S Nigam said.
The aircraft had taken off from the Kalaikunda airforce base.
Another helicopter from Kalaikunda has brought back the pilot to the airbase, PTI reported.
A commission of enquiry has been instituted.
MIG-27 crashes in West Bengal, pilot safe - The Times of India
Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal at 8.30 am on Friday morning.
The aircraft crashed at Duria village in West Midnapore district this morning but the pilot ejected safely.
The aircraft was on a routine sortie when it crashed at 8:30 am in the village, district magistrate N S Nigam said.
The aircraft had taken off from the Kalaikunda airforce base.
Another helicopter from Kalaikunda has brought back the pilot to the airbase, PTI reported.
A commission of enquiry has been instituted.