Accident while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India

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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 17

An Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Group Captain A Gupta, was killed on Wednesday when a MiG 21 Bison aircraft was involved in an accident while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1372090642084421632&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribuneindia.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Fpilot-killed-in-mig-21-bison-mishap-226528&siteScreenName=%26via%3Dthetribunechd&theme=light&widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&width=550px

In a tweet, the IAF said: “A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of IAF was involved in a fatal accident this morning, while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India.”

The IAF said a Court of Inquiry has been ordered to determine the cause of the accident.