Defence Ministry trashes reports of IAF plane crash in UP
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday trashed reports of an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane crash in Uttar Pradesh.
"There has been no air crash of any IAF fighter jet today. A MiG 27 with the frame number TU 645 had crashed in Uttarlai on 27 Jan 2015," MoD spokesperson Sitanshu Kar tweeted.
Earlier in the day, a leading English news channel had reported that an IAF plane crashed near Kalda village in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district.
The report also said that eye witnesses had stated that both pilots ejected from the plane before it crashed.