Two fighter jets of the Indian Air Force – a Sukhoi Su-30 and a Mirage 2000 – crashed during a training exercise today, officials said on Saturday, and one pilot died. According to the report, one plane crashed in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, the other is maybe crashed 100 km away in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
Defense sources said the Sukhoi had two pilots, while the Mirage had one pilot. Both aircraft are used in the front line of the Indian Air Force. The two pilots of the Sukhoi managed to eject and were taken to the hospital by helicopter.
Both fighter jets took off from Gwalior Air Force Base which has squadrons of both Russian-designed Sukhoi and French Mirage 2000.
