New Delhi: A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Shivpuri (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, during a routine training sortie on Thursday after encountring a system malfunction.

IAF on its social media handle X said, “A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the IAF crashed near Shivpuri (Gwalior), during a routine training sortie today, after encountering a system malfunction. Both the pilots ejected safely.



An enquiry has been ordered by the IAF, to ascertain the cause of the accident”.