India accidentally fired Missile into Pakistan, MoD orders probe

India on Friday ordred  a high-level Court of Enquiry of the accidental firing of a missile into Pakistan on March 9, during routine maintenance due to a technical malfunction. Pakistan had registered a strong protest over the “unprovoked violation of its airspace by a super-sonic flying object of Indian origin. Ministry of Defence said in a statement that it is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan. While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident.

According to Pakistan, the missile flew more than 100 km inside their airspace, at an altitude of 40,000 feet and at three times the speed of sound, before it landed. There was no warhead on the missile so it did not detonate. The charge d’affaires of India in Islamabad was on Friday summoned to the Pakistani foreign office over the missile incident. Pakistan said the ‘super-sonic flying object’ entered its territory from Suratgarh side in Rajasthan at 6.43 pm PST and fell to ground near Mian Chunnu city at around 6.50 pm. The incident has left military experts puzzled since the firing of a missile system involves a preparation process, the identification of a target and toggling of multiple switches.