Rajasthan: An IAF MiG- 21 fighter plane crashed near Barmer’s Bhimda in Rajasthan. The incident is reported to have taken place at around 9 pm on Thursday.

As per reports, the rescue team has been dispatched to the crashed site. So far, there is no information about the pilot and the cause of the accident. “It was an IAF plane that crashed near Bhimda village in Baytoo,” Barmer District Collector Lok Bandu informed the media before departing to the site.

Visuals circulating have shown debris spread around a 1 km area of the crash.

Further details are awaited.