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A MiG-23 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in an open field on the morning of July 6, near the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer highway. According to the defence sources, the jet carrying two pilots was on a routine sortie and had taken off from Jodhpur station at 12 noon, however the engine soon started malfunctioning. “Close to village Gopasar, some 70 km from Jodhpur, the engine of the plane caught fire due to some technical snag,” an official source said. The pilots immediately steered the plane away from populated areas to ensure that there are no casualties and then ejected, the source said. Both pilots landed on the ground unhurt, even as the plane crashed into the ground turning into a mangled mass of metal. “The plane crashed in a open field after catching fire. The entire f
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