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During its service life, the IAF has lost at least 116 aircraft to crashes (not including those lost in combat), with 81 of those occurring since 1990. [5] "Prior to discussion on the accident proneness or otherwise of the MiG-21 aircraft, the figures of loss of 221 aircraft and 100 pilots during the period 1991-2000 appear to be incorrect.
The MiG-21 jet fighter was a continuation of Soviet jet fighters, starting with the subsonic MiG-15 and MiG-17, and the supersonic MiG-19.A number of experimental Mach 2 Soviet designs were based on nose intakes with either swept-back wings, such as the Sukhoi Su-7, or tailed deltas, of which the MiG-21 would be the most successful.
The pilot was able to safely eject from the aircraft before the crash. [232] 8 May A Mig-21 of the Indian Air Force crashed into a home in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. The pilot was able to eject from the aircraft before it crashed, while 3 people on the ground died after the crash. [233] 13 May
Very soon after arrival over the Sea of Japan, at 10:35, North Korea reacted to the presence of the EC-121, but not in a way that would jeopardize the mission. [5] At 12:34 local time, roughly six hours into the mission, the Army Security Agency and radars in Korea detected the takeoff of two North Korean Air Force MiG-21s from East Tongchong-ni [6] near Wonsan and tracked them, assuming that ...
Indian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM, U2140, of No. 4 Squadron, crashes in Barmer, Rajasthan, at around 12:15 p.m. The pilots eject safely. The aircraft, flying from Uttarlai Air Force Station, crashed around 75 km away from the base. The aircraft was on a routine training mission. [271] 13 September
On August 4, debris from a plane crash was found on the Aletsch glacier by a mountain guide, according to local authorities. Local police said in a statement that their investigation determined ...
Winnebago County Sheriff's Office on Thursday released the names of two men who died in separate crashes on State 21 in the past week.
[11] [21] One person in a car was killed. [14] The crash destroyed four homes and damaged seventeen others [22] along with several businesses, [12] and ignited several homes and businesses in the Roosevelt Mall area, and vehicles. [13] The fire spread to nearby row homes. Twenty-four people on the ground were injured, at least three of them ...