Northeast Vigil
 
  1. Home
  2. Photos
  3. MiG crash - II
 

MiG crash - II

MiG crash - II
Burning debris of the MIG-21 fighter plane that crashed at Koilabari Village, Chabua in Dibrugarh district of Assam on June 18, 2009. The pilot of the aircraft, however, managed to eject out of the cockpit to safety, IAF sources said. The MiG-21 crash is the sixth mishap this year. The IAF had lost a Kiran MK-II trainer aircraft of its Surya Kiran aerobatics team on Januray 21, a Sukhoi on April 30, a MiG-27 on May 15, a MiG-21 Byson on May 27, and an AN-32 on June 9.
Camera
Camera: Not mentioned
Copyright: Hemanta Kumar Nath
[Image uploaded on 18 June 2009 by Hemanta Kumar Nath.]
[First published: 18 June 2009 | Last updated: 18 June 2009.]
 
 
Notice
The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments.

Parts of the old website, especially the extremely popular dams issue, have been resurrected. Other archived material will be uploaded here as and when I am able to salvage those. If at all.

— Subir Ghosh
Notice
The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments.

Parts of the old website, especially the extremely popular dams issue, have been resurrected. Other archived material will be uploaded here as and when I am able to salvage those. If at all.

— Subir Ghosh
The Northeast Vigil site is not operated/maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments.