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 at Bhaliana village on Muktsar-Bhatinda road killing the pilot, Flt Lt Manu Akhori on the spot, he said. Senior officials of IAF, police and from the Muktsar civil administration have rushed to the spot. A court of inquiry has been ordered into the mishap, an IAF spokesman said in New Delhi.
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