India, March 7 -- An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet crashed in Haryana's Panchkula district during a routine training sortie on Friday.

According to the IAF, the pilot encountered a system malfunction and manoeuvred the aircraft away from habitation before ejecting safely.

"The pilot manoeuvred the aircraft away from any habitation on the ground before ejecting safely. An inquiry has been ordered by the IAF, to ascertain the cause of the accident," the air force said.

According to ANI, the aircraft had taken off from the Ambala airbase on a training sortie.

Last month, a twin-seater Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft crashed near Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh while it was on a routine training sortie. Both pilots had ejected safely before ...