India: Indian Navy's MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashes into sea, search on for missing pilot

India - Indian Navy's MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashes into sea, search on for missing pilot
| Updated on: 27-Nov-2020 01:02 PM IST
New Delhi: One pilot was rescued while the search for the other one is underway after a MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashed into the Arabian sea on Thursday evening, the Indian Navy said in a statement on Friday. 

"A MiG-29K trainer aircraft operating at sea met with an accident at about 1700 hrs on 26 Nov 20," the Navy said in a statement. 

It added that one pilot recovered and progress to search the second one by air and surface units is ongoing. 

"An inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident," it said.