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MiG-21 crashes in Kashmir, pilot dead

| | May 27, 2014, at 06:18 pm
Srinagar, May 27 (IBNS) A MiG-21 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, killing the pilot and injuring a co-pilot, said reports.

The plane crashed in a field at Mirhama in Bijbehara  of South Kashmir's Anantnag district, said reports.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted: "Reports coming in of a Mig fighter having crashed in South Kashmir. Hope the pilot & the people on the ground are safe #prayers".

The aircraft was on a routine exercise, said reports. 

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