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.
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Hemanta Kumar Nath
[First published: 18 June 2009 | Last updated: 18 June 2009.]