Visuals from the crash site showed thick plumes of smoke rising from the wreckage, as local villagers gathered. The crash reportedly caused a series of blasts, according to local witnesses.Villagers promptly informed the civilian authorities, and senior district administration officials, including the District Magistrate and district police chief, arrived at the scene. The fire brigade also reached the site to extinguish the flames.This is not the first time a MiG-29 fighter jet has crashed and burst into flames. On 2nd September, another MiG-29 aircraft crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan, after experiencing a technical snag.In that incident, the pilot managed to eject safely. The aircraft, on a training mission from an Air Force base in the Barmer sector, developed a fault and caught fire, crashing into a field near Uttarlai in Barmer, which was unpopulated.
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