MiG-21 crashes in Bikaner, pilot ejects safely (17th in one year)

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MiG-21 crashes in Bikaner, pilot ejects safely
Posted by SDD Contributor on November 30, 2019 at 7:23 pm


IMAGE: A policeman stands near the charred remains of a MiG-21 plane that crashed at Shobasar ki Dhani in Bikaner. Photograph: /

A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan‘s Bikaner district on Friday with the pilot ejecting safely, officials said.

The aircraft took off from the Nal air base for a routine mission and crashed at Shobhasar ki Dhani area, 12 km from Bikaner city, the officials said.



IAF spokesperson Group Captain Anupam Banerjee said initial inputs indicated the likely cause as bird hit after take off.

The pilot of the MiG-21 aircraft ejected safely, he said, adding that a court of inquiry would investigate the cause of the accident.

Bikaner Superintendent of Police Pradeep Mohan Sharma said police teams had been rushed to the spot and no loss of life reported.
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[Valar.]

They are just making room for 36 upcoming Rafales. 17 down, 19 more to go. lol

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

No surprise!

Nothing new!

 

[HAIDER]

Indian airforce is maintenance nightmare .

 

[Riz]

Fake news

 

[Adam_Khan]

Why is almost every air crash in India attributed to bird hits?

 

[Maxpane]

i think its squadron now

 

[Arsalan 345]

This must be world record of highest fighter jet crashes in a year.

 

[Jinn Baba]

Why is almost every air crash in India attributed to bird hits?

Not just bird hits but also technical faults - like the Mig21 that crashed in Pakistan when it developed technical faults due to a missile blowing it out the sky

IAF planes also seem to re-crash a few days after they are shot down/develop technical faults.

 

[Leviza]

RIP

 

[The Eagle]

https://theprint.in/defence/mig-21-fighter-jet-crashes-at-bikaner-pilot-ejects-safely/203176/

Kindly look for credible & reliable source to share news as such. This crash seems to be from March, 2019. Searching through credible source will help to cross check as well as to avoid duplicate threads based upon an old dated news as such.

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