The crash of a MiG-21 jet in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh on Monday has once again put the spotlight on the Indian Air Force’s aging fleet of Soviet-origin aircraft which have been involved in around 400 accidents since their first induction in the early 1960s.
Three people were killed after the MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed into a house in Hanumangarh in Rajasthan shortly after it took off for a routine training sortie from the Air Force Station at Suratgarh.
The MiG-21s used to be the mainstay of the IAF for a long period of time. After its induction in the early 1960s, the Indian Air Force procured over 870 MiG-21 fighters to boost its overall combat prowess.
