IAF fighter crashes in Madhya Pradesh

MORENA: A fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force, believed to be on a routine sortie, crashed at Baragaon, nearly 60km from here, on Wednesday night.

While the fate of the pilot could not be immediately ascertained, there was no loss of life or property on the ground as the plane crashed in an agriculture field outside the village, Superintendent of Police Hari Singh Yadav said.

The aircraft caught fire immediately after crashing. The village sarpanch Ranbir Singh informed the police about the incident.

The type of the aircraft, which is understood to have taken off from a base in Gwalior, could not be immediately ascertained, Yadav said.