A MiG-21 trainer aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) school crashed in Madhya Pradesh this morning.

The crashed occurred near Gwalior Air Force Base in Madhya Pradesh this morning around 10 am. Both pilots - a Group Captain and a Squadron Leader - managed to eject safely.

"The two pilots ejected safely, according to the information passed to us from the village head from the spot, some 60 km from the district headquarters," Rudolf Alvares, Bhind Superintendent of Police, told news agency PTI.

This is thought to the 12th IAF crash in this year alone. The Air Force has ordered an inquiry into the incident to ascertain the cause of the crash.