New Delhi, February 16
An IAF MiG-27 fighter jet today crashed near Hashimara in West Bengal killing its pilot in the first such mishap this year. “The MiG-27 crashed today and a pilot was killed in the mishap," an IAF officer said here.
The aircraft had taken off from the Hashimara air base where a fighter squadron is based and was doing a sortie to Bagdogra when the mishap happened. Wing commander Oswald was killed in the crash, the officer said.
The aircraft had taken off from Hashimara and within a few minutes he reported fire in the engines before it crashed within the airbase around 2.15 pm. The Eastern Air Command headquarters in Shillong has ordered a probe into the incident.
— PTI
