The Indian Air Force confirmed the crash of the fighter shortly after take-off during routine exercises.
Three people were killed Monday in western India when a MiG-21 military plane crashed into their house, Indian police said.
“The pilot was rescued unharmed,” police official Sudhir Chaudhary told AFP after the accident occurred in the western state of Rajasthan.
The preliminary toll was reported that two people were killed and three others were wounded.
The Indian Air Force confirmed the crash of the fighter shortly after take-off during routine exercises.
And it explained in a statement that the pilot “experienced an emergency situation on board the aircraft, before attempting to regain control of it in accordance with the procedures in force.”
She added, “When he was unable to do so, he threw himself … and sustained minor injuries.”
Soviet-made MiG-21s entered service in India in the 1960s and have been the backbone of the air force for decades, but their many accidents have earned them the nickname “flying coffins.”
