An Indian Navy’s MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashed into the Arabian Sea around 5 pm on Thursday, news agency ANI reported on Friday.
One pilot has been rescued while search operation by air and surface units has been launched for the second pilot.
“A MiG-29K trainer aircraft operating at sea ditched at about 17.00 hours on 26 November,” an Indian Navy spokesperson said in a statement.
An inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident, the spokesperson said.
This is a developing story, more details are awaited. This is the third crash of MiG-29K in the past 12 months.
In February this year , an Indian Navy MiG aircraft crashed while conducting a routine sortie in Goa. The MiG-29K aircraft was conducting a routine training sortie off the coast of Goa when it crashed at around 10.30 am.