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Indian Mig-21 fell headlong

New Dheli, India - Pilot is safe but it is the 60th aircraft of this type to be involved by an accident in this country in ten years

The Mig-21 Fishbeds lost by Indian Air Force during the last ten years are some 60. This is what the Air Force announced recently concerning the operational activity as the last accident occurred yesterday, when a light fighter of this type fell headlong following what its plot, who succeeded in ejecting in time, defined as a mechanical failure. Many experts are suggesting in India that this aircraft...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 111414
Rome, Italy, 01/05/2005 17:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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