MiG-21 crashes in Upper Assam, pilot safe:India

A Mig-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Thursday crashed near Chabua in Upper Assam sending the IAF, which is already reeling under series of air crashes, into a tizzy. The pilot of the aircraft, however, managed to eject out of the cockpit to safety, IAF sources said. Aircraft, which took off from the Chabua airbase around 1400 hrs crashed immediately after take off near the airbase after it experienced a technical snag. The aircraft, sources said, was on a training sortie when the mishap occurred, the sources said. "The pilot reported the technical error to the airbase and later jettisoned the aircraft," an IAF source added. The MiG-21 crash on Thursday 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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