MiG 21 Bison of IAF crashes in central India, pilot killed

Indian Air Force officer Captain A Gupta was killed in the accident.

A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force(IAF) was involved in a fatal accident this morning while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India. According to a spokesperson of the IAF, "Group Captain A Gupta was killed in the accident." A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the accident.