In Occupied Kashmir, Two IAF officers including Squadron Leader of operational Airbase killed
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SRINAGAR - In occupied Kashmir, two Indian Air Force (IAF) officers including a squadron leader were killed while two others injured in a road accident in Pulwama district.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the IAF officers of operational base were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in met an accident at Malangpora outside air force station in Awantipora area of the district.
The incident took place four days after IAF’s MiG-27 fighter jet, which was on a routine mission from Jodhpur, crashed in a village in Sirohi, Rajasthan..Reportedly, the pilot ejected safely.
Officials cited "engine problems" as the reason for the crash of the "MiG-27 UPG aircraft which got airborne from Utarlai Air Force base.
This was the second Indian jet to crash this month; earlier on March 8, the IAF lost a MiG-21 after it crashed while on routine patrol in Rajasthan because of a "bird hit after take off".
