Updated: November 27, 2020 5:14:32 pm
File photo of a MiG-29K. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The Indian Navy said on Friday that its MiG-29K training plane operating at sea crashed around 5 p.m. the previous day. While one pilot has been rescued, a search operation is underway to find the second. An investigation has been ordered into the incident.
“An Indian Navy MiG-29K training aircraft operating at sea left at around 1700 hours on November 26. One pilot has been recovered and the search for air and surface units is in progress for the second pilot. An investigation has been ordered to investigate the incident, ”the Indian Navy said in a statement.
An Indian Navy MiG-29K training aircraft operating at sea abandoned at approximately 17:00 on 26 November.
One pilot has been recovered and the second pilot is being searched by air and surface units.
An investigation has been ordered to investigate the incident.@IndianExpress– Man Aman Singh Chhina (@manaman_chhina) November 27, 2020
According to the PTI news agency, the aircraft of Russian origin had taken off from the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier.
INS Vikramaditya was part of the recent Malabar exercise that involved the navies of India, the United States, Australia and Japan. The Indian Navy has a fleet of around 40 MiG-29K fighter jets and some of them operate from the aircraft carrier.
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