Three civilians were killed as the Indian Air Force’s MiG-21 aircraft crashed near Rajasthan’s Suratgarh during a routine training sortie on Monday. The pilot ejected safely. Hanumangarh SP Sudheer Choudhary said the aircraft crashed in the district’s Bahlolnagar village.
In the last 60 years, MiG-21 crashes have killed over 170 pilots, according to data from the Ministry of Defence.
Here are similar incidents over the last five years involving the MiG-21 aircraft often dubbed as the ‘flying coffin’:
