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IAF | MiG 21 crash
Representative image of MiG-21 aircraft from Wikimedia Commons

Indian Air Force's MiG-21 fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan

| @indiablooms | Dec 25, 2021, at 04:28 am

New Delhi/IBNS: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Rajasthan's Jaisalmer on Friday evening, media reports said. 

A search operation has been initiated to locate the pilot.

The exact location of the crash has not been revealed yet.

The plane crashed somewhere in the Desert National Park area under the Sam police station, said media reports.

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