MiG-21 crashes in Haryana, pilot safe

New Delhi: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed on Friday near Sirsa in Haryana.
The plane had taken off from an Air Base near Sirsa. The pilot is said to be safe. This is the seventh air crash involving IAF's fighter aircraft this year and the fifth belonging to the MiG-21 series warplane.
In view of the increasing number of accidents involving the MiG-21 aircraft type, the IAF has decided to phase them out by 2017.
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Categories: Safety Dec 2011