IAF grounds MIG-21 after recent crash
Indian Air Force has grounded MIG-21 jet fighters after the recent MIG crash. In that crash three people were killed…
Indian Air Force has grounded MIG-21 jet fighters after the recent MIG crash. In that crash three people were killed…
The pilot of the aircraft, however, was able to eject and land on the ground safely with minor injuries.
As per the information, the IAF plane came crashing down near Matasar Bhoortiya village, leaving the impact spot and the area around it devastated.
To avenge the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India conducted an aerial strike at a terror training centre in Balakot of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on February 26 last year (2019).
The 87th Air Force Day was also marked by aerial displays of newly inducted Apache attack choppers and the heavy-lift twin-rotor transport Chinook helicopter besides other aircraft.
He held a number of coveted appointments which include command of MiG-21 Squadron, command o* a Fighter Station in South-Western Sector, command of a helicopter base in DR Congo as part of UN Peace Keeping Mission, Chief Operations Officer of a premier flying base, Principal Director Air Defence at Air HQ, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Inspection) at Air HQ and Air Defence Commander HQ SAC.
Grp Captain Karan Hajela IAF said, “A make in India testimony, LCA-Tejas is with us here at LIMA, 19. I am sure the aircraft would make heads turn and will make us feel proud.”
The IAF sources said that a medical review board in the near future will assess the medical fitness of Abhinandan and decide on when he can resume his operations as a fighter pilot.
A court of inquiry will investigate the cause of the accident.
Tensions escalated on Wednesday as Indian and Pakistani fighter jets engaged in an aerial combat with an Indian MiG-21 aircraft shooting down Pakistan's F-16 before crashing on the other side of the LoC.
