MiG-29K Aircraft Crashes In Arabian Sea Off Goa Coast, Pilot Ejects Safely: Indian Navy

A MiG-29K aircraft of the Indian Navy crashed in the Arabian Sea off Goa coast on Sunday morning, the Navy said. An Indian Navy spokesman said that the pilot ejected safely. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when it crashed off the Goa coast around 10.30 am, he said. "The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry to investigate the incident has been ordered," the spokesman said in a tweet.

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Today morning at around 1030h a Mig 29k aircraft on a routine training sortie crashed off Goa. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry to investigate the incident has been ordered.@DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) February 23, 2020

According to PTI, the aircraft had flown from the INS Hansa base at Vasco in Goa.