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| Date: | Sunday 6 May 2001 |
| Time: | 08:15 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rajasthan state -
 India
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Suratgarh |
Crashed in a sand dune in Bikaner district during military exercise Purna Vijay. F/O Ajay Sharma killed. Came too low in spotting of tanks during simulated attack in a dust storm and haze and was unable to recover.
Sources:
Scramble 297
The Straits Times 8 May 2002, p12
AFM MAR 2004
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jul-2016 12:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Feb-2017 10:17 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source, ] |
| 08-Feb-2019 13:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Mar-2019 18:06 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2019 08:38 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 14-May-2021 08:15 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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