A MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft assigned to an operational Squadron of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan during a training sortie on Wednesday.
According to initial details, Pilot ejected safely.
Indian Air Force said in a tweet that,
At around 1730 hrs today, an IAF MiG-21 Bison aircraft airborne for a training sortie in the western sector, experienced a technical malfunction after take off. The pilot ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause.
GDI Comments:
This is the 4th consecutive crash of Indian MiG-21 fighter aircrafts, this year. Currently Indian Air Force is operating 120-130 MiG-21 Fighter Aircrafts. Indian Air Force inducted 1st MiG-21 in her fleet in 1963. Some of MiG-21 fighter aircrafts were completely destroyed during Indo-Pak War, 1965.
Have a look at IAF Crashes of 2021:
- 5 January: MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed at Suratgarh airbase in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district. Pilot managed to eject safely.
- 17 March: MiG-21 Fighter aircraft assigned to Tactics & Combat Development Establishment of Indian Air Force crashed, killing Group Captain A Gupta.
- 21 May: MiG-21 Bison fighter jet crashed in Indian Punjab, killing its 28-year-old pilot “Squadron Leader Abhinav Choudhary”
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