MiG-29 fighter plane crash in Barmer: Fire followed by explosion, both pilots ejected safely before crash; The jet crashed in a deserted area

A fighter plane has crashed near Uttarlai Airbase in Barmer. As soon as the information was received, the police and administration officials reached the spot. There were 2 pilots in the fighter plane. They both got out before the crash. According to information, the fighter plane crashed near Niwasi Dhani around 10 pm on Monday night. After the plane crashed, there was a huge explosion and fire. After receiving information about the incident, Barmer Collector Nishant Jain, SP Narendra Singh Meena and district administrative officials reached the spot. Defense PRO Ajitabh Sharma said that a MiG-29 fighter plane has crashed. The pilot took the plane away from the populated areas towards the fields SP Narendra Singh Meena said – the collector received a call that a fighter plane had crashed near Kawas. Both pilots are safe. There is a populated area near where the accident took place. The pilot steered the plane away from populated areas towards farmland. The Air Force has captured an area of ​​400 meters. Villagers said – it felt as if lightning had struck. Villager Neemraj said that we were sitting outside the house after eating. Meanwhile, there was a huge explosion and smoke started coming out. It felt like lightning. Meanwhile, we reached here after receiving a call from nearby Dhani. What we saw here was a fighter plane engulfed in flames. Villagers said – a pilot left the fighter plane just 1 km before the crash site. The second pilot was found near the house of martyred Hukam Singh. Both are safe. Air force has ordered an investigation Pictures related to the accident… Rajasthan has had several plane crashes before 1. Tejas fighter jet crashed in Jaisalmer Tejas fighter jet crashed in Jaisalmer about 5 months ago. On March 12, 2024, he fell at a Bhil community hostel located in Jawahar Nagar, 2 km from Jaisalmer city. This was the first Tejas crash. As no one was in the hostel room at the time of the incident, there was no major damage. The accident took place in Jaisalmer, about 100 km away from the exercise venue in Pokaran. The program was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and senior army officers. 2. Air Force Reconnaissance Plane Crashed About 4 months ago a spy plane of the Indian Air Force crashed 30 km from Jaisalmer. On April 25, 2024, at around 10 AM, a reconnaissance aircraft crashed near Bhojani Ki Dhani near Pithala-Jajiya village. There was no damage in the accident. This UAV aircraft was unmanned and was used to monitor the activities taking place in the border area. He was constantly moving and keeping an eye on the border area. This aircraft has already crashed due to a technical fault before. 3. Air Force MiG-21 crash in Hanumangarh, 3 women killed A MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in Hanumangarh on 8 May 2023 at around 10:30 AM. The fighter jet fell on a house in Bahlol Nagar area. Three women living in the house were killed, while the pilot was found safe about 25 kilometers from the Suratgarh airbase. According to the Air Force, the MiG-21 was on a training flight. 4. Fighter planes collide in Gwalior, one crashes in Bharatpur On January 27, 2023, two Air Force fighter planes Sukhoi-30 and Mirage-2000 collided near Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). A fighter plane crashed just 1 km from Bharatpur's Pingora railway station. The fighter plane was broken into so many pieces that even the officials could not tell which parts of the plane these were. Both the Sukhoi pilots managed to escape safely in the crash, but the Mirage pilot was killed.

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