Another Indian Air Force’s Mirage 2000 fighter jet on Monday crashed in the western state of Rajasthan, the second in 11 days, said military sources. “The fighter jet crashed near Baman Baas village in the state’s Sawai Madhopur district, soon after it took off from Gwalior in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on a routine sortie at 12:45pm. The pilot is safe,” the sources said. A Mirage-2000 aircraft had crashed on February 24 near Bhind in Madhya Pradesh. India has been spending millions of dollars to renovate its aging Mirage squadron with French aviation group Dassault.
