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India: 4 military aircrafts have crashed in three weeks

New Delhi, India - Today's accident involved a Jaguar

An Indian Air Force Jaguar crashed today at take-off from the military base of Ambala, 200 km north of New Delhi. The pilot died outright. This is the fourth plane crash in less than three weeks for the worlds fourth largest Air Force. The previous crashes had concerned three Mig-21s, nick-named "the flying coffins" by Press and Media for the high number of accidents involving them: 221 in the last...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 27843
Rome, Italy, 05/09/2002 17:17
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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