In the third IAF fighter aircraft mishap in less than a month, a Mig-21 Bison plane on Wednesday crashed near Jodhpur but the pilot ejected safely.

The war plane, which had taken off for a routine sortie in the forenoon from the Jodhpur airbase, crashed on a barren stretch land in Luni village in Mordijoshyan, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Kaviraj said.