MiG-21 set to retire: A dive into the aircraft’s long date with accidents
A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near Rajasthan’s Barmer district on July 28. The aircraft went down in the western sector at 9:10 p.m. in the evening. The crash claimed lives of the two IAF pilots when the aircraft was on a training sortie. The Indian Air Force has mentioned that a court of inquiry has been ordered into the cause of the accident.
The recent accident adds up to the long list of nearly 300 mishaps involving the MiG 21 aircraft, ever since the aircraft was inducted into the IAF in 1963, reveals data on Bharat Rakshak.com.
