A Mig-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force today crashed near Chabua in Upper Assam sending the IAF, which is already reeling under series of air crashes, into a tizzy.

The pilot of the aircraft, however, managed to eject out of the cockpit to safety, IAF sources said here.

The type-77 aircraft, which took off from the Chabua airbase around 1400 hrs crashed immediately after take off near the airbase after it experienced a technical snag.