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| Date: | Saturday 20 April 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM |
| Owner/operator: | MOFTU Indian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Darrang district, Assam -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tezpur AFS (VETZ) |
The MiG-21UM had been missing from Darrang district of lower Assam. S/L T.J.A. Khan and F/O D. Tahiya.
Sources:
Scramble 277
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm
AFM July 2002, p72/MAR 2003
bharat-rakshak.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Feb-2017 09:16 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2019 09:27 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2020 17:42 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2021 14:07 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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