An Indian Air Force (MIG 21) Besson fighter jet crashed in the vicinity of Bikaner town in Rajasthan state near the border with Pakistan on Friday, a spokesman for the Indian Defense Ministry said.
The spokesman said the pilot survived the accident after jumping off his parachute from the plane.
A statement issued by the Indian Air Force said that the plane, which fell MiG 21, was on a regular patrol.
The experts said the plane was expected to crash after an accidental accident when it crashed into a plane during take-off.
A Russian MiG fighter jet crashed during a battle between Indian and Pakistani air forces on February 27.
In the past two weeks, tension between New Delhi and Islamabad has escalated after an attack on a patrol in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, killing 44 Indian soldiers, and Pakistan denied its relationship to the attack.
India responded with air raids on what it said was a terrorist camp in Azad Kashmir, the Islamabad-controlled part of the province, during which the Pakistani army dropped two fighters and captured a pilot before being released later.
Open and Close
In a translation of the instability in the tense relationship between the two nuclear neighbors, Pakistan announced today the opening of full airspace on the border with its neighbor India, after its closure on February 27, partially opened three days later on the backdrop of tension between the two countries, Pakistan has decided to re-close its airspace in the eastern and western parts of the country.
Pakistan's civil aviation authority said in a statement on its website that the country's airspace, which has been partially closed for more than a week due to tensions with India, will remain closed until Saturday in the eastern and western parts of the country.
The decision to shut down the airspace has changed the routes of flights to China, Iran and European countries, which have caused civil airlines to incur additional costs because of the long journey distance.