Days after Indian Air Force (IAF) Squadron Leader Abhinav Chaudhary died after the MiG-21 Bison fighter jet he was flying crashed, the 29-year-old pilot’s friends have started an online petition, demanding that the jet be discontinued from the force.
The online petition ‘Mig 21 aircrafts should be discontinued’ has already been signed by more than 15,000 people. Chaudhary’s friends say the petition is not only about the deceased pilot, but is about “every single pilot still risking their life by flying MiG-21s”.
The online petition reads, “…We lost another young pilot, Squadron Leader Abhinav Chaudhary. He was the only son of his parents. Each year, a number of our fighter pilots are being killed during crashes…
