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| Date: | Monday 16 October 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force MOFTU |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Darrang-Sonitpur, Assam -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tezpur AFS (VETZ) |
Collision of two MiG-21, one of them a trainer, took place while four aircraft were in-volved in a medium level tactical exercises in the Darrang-Sonitpur area of lower Assam.
Sources:
Scramble 258
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Accidents/details.php?crno=2000021
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Accidents/details.php?crno=2000022
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Feb-2017 09:40 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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