IAF's fighter jet crashes in Jodhpur; no casualties reported

A MiG-27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in Jodhpur's Banad area during a routine mission today.

However, the pilot ejected to safety, defense spokesperson, Colonel Sombit Ghosh, said.

The aircraft had taken off from the IAF's Jodhpur airbase in Rajasthan.

"The pilot ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry will investigate the cause of the incident," Colonel Ghosh said.

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