According to sources, the pilot is safe and the army s helicopter has reached the accident site for rescue. The aircraft had taken off from Suratgarh according to IAF Sources.
MiG 21 had an accident rate of 2 89 per 10 000 flying hours in the 1990s but it was brought down to 0 27 per 10 000 hours in the last 2000s However this does not mean that MiG 21 is a bad fighter jet as considered by some