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India: Mirage 2000 "under observation"

New Dheli, India - An accident occurred some days ago would have warned Ministry of Defence which opted for a series of appraisals on the fleet

Indian Ministry of Defence decided to start investigating deeply on the technical condition of the Mirage 2000s fleet of Indian Air Force, following an accident which involved a Dassault-made interceptor fighter which took off on last Tuesday night for an exercise and fell headlong about 50 km far from Gwalior Air Base. Pilot died due to the incident and this event follows a similar case, occurred...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107513
Rome, Italy, 11/12/2004 16:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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