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Indian Navy MiG-29K Jet Crashes Into Arabian Sea

Indian Navy MiG-29K Jet Crashes Into Arabian Sea
A MIG-29K Fulcrum aircraft from the Indian Navy performs a flyover above the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Nimitz during Exercise Malabar on July 16, 2017, in the Bay of Bengal as part of Exercise Malabar. (MC3 Weston A. Mohr/U.S. Navy)

An Indian Navy MiG-29K crashed under unknown circumstances in the Arabian Sea. One crew member ejected safely, another is missing. Search operations are being conducted.

The incident took place at around 5 pm in the Arabian Sea, it said, adding that a high-level inquiry has been ordered to investigate the matter.

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“A MiG-29K trainer aircraft operating at sea met with an accident at about 1700 hrs on 26 November. One pilot has been recovered and searches by air and surface units in progress for the second pilot. An inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident,” the Indian Navy said.

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The Indian Navy has a fleet of over 40 MiG-29K fighter aircraft based out of Goa and also operated from the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier.

This is the third mishap of MiG-29K aircraft in the last one year.

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In February this year, a MiG 29K crashed after being hit by birds over Goa. Both pilots had steered the jet away from habitation before ejecting, an action which drew praise from Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik.

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