BUFF 8 Posted February 17, 2008 15-02-2008 Ahmedabad: In yet another mishap, a MiG-21 jet fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in marshlands in Kutch near the Indo-Pak border on Friday. But the pilot bailed out safely. The fighter crashed minutes after taking off from the Bhuj airbase, on a routine training sortie. The fighter crashed to the ground just 20 km away from the base, an IAF official said. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant S Agashe, however, managed to bail out and was rescued and brought back to base. The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry to probe the incident. This is the first crash of a MiG-21 this year. So far during the last ten years about 90 fighter planes have crashed. The fighters are ageing and are on the verge of being phased out. The IAF has recently completed upgrade of 125 of these fighters with Russian and Israeli know how. © Copyright 2008 PTI. All rights reserved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+ghostrider883 519 Posted February 17, 2008 It was an old MiG-21M from No.37 sqdn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 629 Posted February 17, 2008 at least he got out... unlike the paki.. anyways, thanks for the news! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,544 Posted February 17, 2008 What is going on the last week?! RIP But everywhere is a plane crashing .. do they prepare for something all over the world or was it just a lag of infos in the last years about accidents like this?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Viggen 516 Posted February 17, 2008 EA-6B, AV-8B, MiG-21M, Mirage III, CRJ. It never ends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolf65 0 Posted February 17, 2008 It's good the pilot got out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
