India's Mig-21 crashes in Jammu
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, May 22, IRNA
India-MIG-21-Crashes
Indian Air Force (IAF)'s Mig-21 fighter aircraft is feared to have crashed in the Basantgarh-Mahore mountains in Reasi district with a pilot on board also reported to be missing.
The aircraft lost contact with ground control minutes after taking off from the Udhampur air base in Jammu, PTI reported here quoting an IAF spokesman in New Delhi.
"The aircraft is missing and a land and air search has been launched to trace it," he said.
The missing Mig-21 fighter was of type 75, which are in the process of being phased out by the Air Force. This is the third mishap involving a Mig-21 fighter in the last one year.
Since the last three years, according to official figures tabled in Parliament nine Mig-21 aircraft have crashed.
The IAF lost as many as 30 combat aircraft in accidents from April 1, 2004 to May 8 this year.
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