ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48446
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 November 2008 |
| Time: | 10:35 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force (IAF) |
| Registration: | U-1719 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mothurapur Village, Sibsagar Assam -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chabua AFS (VECA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A MiG-21 trainer fighter aircraft crashed in upper Assam's Sibsagar district but the two pilots ejected safely. The two pilots on a training sortie on the MiG-21 Type-69 trainer plane bailed out to safety, IAF sources said. However, the sources claimed, the aircraft's engines had flamed out, leading to the crash.
Sources:
www.rian.ru
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Accidents/listing.php?qyear=2008&qacid=50&qt=YR
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Accidents/details.php?crno=2008009
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2008 05:52 | Bleiente | Added |
| 13-Nov-2008 10:43 | harro | Updated |
| 14-Nov-2008 00:09 | Neal | Updated |
| 25-Sep-2011 02:45 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2011 02:46 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2011 23:58 | Marko | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Embed code] |
| 23-Jan-2017 17:44 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2017 14:54 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source] |
| 25-Feb-2024 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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