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| Date: | Monday 4 March 2019 |
| Time: | 13:17 |
| Type: |  MiG-29A |
| Owner/operator: | Polish Air Force |
| Registration: | 40 |
| MSN: | 2960532040 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stoczek, Masovian Voivodeship -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | 23rd Air Base (EPMM), Minsk Mazowiecki |
The military aircraft impacted heavily wooded terrain under unknown circumstances. The fighter was consumed by the post impact fire. The pilot ejected safely from the plane and was transported to a hospital.
Sources:
https://aviation24.pl/component/k2/item/5562-katastrofa-miga-29-z-23-bazy-lotnictwa-taktycznego-w-minsku-mazowieckim?fbclid=IwAR1TvPzeH5YM8lacZNDGwY-GGdlM7P68XbPlGXpCW03aKfRfmMDkqdJwmuU
https://defence-blog.com/news/polish-mig-29-fighter-aircraft-crashes-shortly-after-takeoff.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanmonk/19886562265 (photo)
Media:
Polonya Hava Kuvvetleri'ne ait bir adet Mig-29, Polonya'nın Stoczek kasabası yakınlarına henüz nedeni bilinmeyen bir problemden ötürü düştü. Pilot fırlatma koltuğu ile kurtuldu. Mig-29 kısa zaman önce 23. Taktik Hava Üssü'ne atanmıştı. pic.twitter.com/j1QEEpPJDF
— TAH Savunma (@TAHSAVUNMA) 4 mars 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2019 13:46 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 04-Mar-2019 14:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2019 15:30 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2019 18:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 04-Mar-2019 20:29 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Embed code, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 00:47 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 05-Mar-2019 00:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
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