10 September,2009 04:01 PM IST | | PTI
A MIG 21 fighter aircraft of IAF on Thursday crashed in Muktsar district of Punjab, killing the pilot.
The war plane was on a routine sortie and had taken off from Bhatinda airbase, Muktsar Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal said.
The crash occurred Bhaliana village on Muktsar-Bhatinda road, about 20 km from here, killing the pilot, Lt Manu Akhori on the spot, he said.
Senior officials of IAF, police and from the Muktsar civil administration have rushed to the spot.
