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Navy’s MiG-29K fighter aircraft crashes off Goa during training, pilot safe

This comes after another MiG-29K fighter jet of the Indian Navy crashed shortly after it took off on a routine training mission from Goa’s Dabolim in November 2019.

Navy’s MiG-29K fighter aircraft crashes off Goa during training, pilot safe

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An Indian Navy fighter jet which was on a routine training sortie crashed near Goa this morning. The pilot of the aircraft managed to eject safely.
A probe has been ordered into the incident, according to an official statement.

“Today morning at around 1030h a Mig 29k aircraft on a routine training sortie crashed off Goa. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry to investigate the incident has been ordered ” Indian Navy tweeted this afternoon.

This comes after another MiG-29K fighter jet of the Indian Navy crashed shortly after it took off on a routine training mission from Goa’s Dabolim in November 2019, making it the second crash in the past four months.

According to a statement by the Navy, the plane, a trainer version of the fighter, was hit by a flock of birds and the collision led to a fire in the right engine and the left engine failing.

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