The Indian Navy said on Friday that a MiG-29K trainer aircraft, which was operating in the Arabian sea, crashed at around 5 pm on Thursday. While one pilot has been rescued, a search operation has been launched for the second pilot who has been missing since last evening.

The Indian Navy added that the search operation is in progress by air and surface units, and went on to add that an inquiry has been ordered to investigate the crash of MiG-29K trainer aircraft.

MiG-29 aircraft operate from aircraft carrier INS 'Vikramaditya'.