Search stepped up to find missing Indian Air Force pilot

India’s navy has intensified a search for any sign of an air force pilot whose jet crashed into the Arabian Sea during a training exercise last week, authorities said, according to AFP. 

The Russian-made MiG-29K aircraft hit the water off the coast of western Goa state on Thursday, with one of the two officers on board rescued.

Landing gear and other bits of wreckage from the plane have been found, the Indian Navy said on Twitter, adding that nine warships, underwater diving teams and 14 other aircraft were assisting with the search.

The accident happened just days after joint military exercises with the US, Japan and Australia.

India has been engaged in a campaign to modernize its aging fleet of military aircraft.