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New Delhi : A MIG fighter Aircraft Crashed near Goa around noon on November 16, 2019. An inquiry to investigate the cause of accident has been instituted by the Navy.
At about noon on November 16 2019, a MiG-29K twin seater aircraft, on a routine training sortie, encountered a flock of birds after take off from the naval Air Base at Dabolim Goa. The pilot observed that the left engine had flamed out and the right engine had caught fire, according to a PIB release.
Attempts to recover the aircraft following the standard operating procedures were unsuccessful due to nature of emergency. The pilot, showing huge presence of mind, pointed the aircraft away from populated areas and both pilots ejected safely. The pilots: Capt M Sheokhand and Lt Cdr Deepak Yadav, are safe and have been recovered. There has been no loss of life or damage to property on ground.