MiG-21 jet crashes in Punjab, pilot ejects

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 06, 2011, 12:11

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MiG-21 jet crashes in Punjab, pilot ejects

Rajpura: An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter jet crashed near here in Punjab, Tuesday morning, police said.

The accident happened near the Shumbu barrier, 10 km from Rajpura town.

The pilot ejected out of the aircraft just before it crashed on agricultural fields, Rajpura Superintendent of Police Manmohan Sharma said.

"No loss of life was reported on the ground. Air force, district administration and police officials have reached the spot and cordoned off the area," he said.

The crash site, about 50 km from state capital Chandigarh, is close to the busy National Highway No.1 between Delhi and Amritsar.

IANS

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First Published: Tuesday, September 06, 2011, 11:22

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Arohan kumar - BAPLOL NEAR SHAMBHU BARRIER
if it fall 5 or 6 second before then it will fall in surya colledge of engineering and technology campus.

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sagar - pune
Now the time cme that we have to replace mig-21 atleast by increasing production TEJAS. and gets an deal of TYPHOON as soon as possible. Becoz worlds best IAF pilots are important For country

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BRIJ - NEWYORK
THEY CALL THESE FIGHTER PLANES THEY ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN OUR PARLIAMENT.

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D.N.MAKHIJA - DELHI...INDIA
THESE JETS SHOULD BE USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF VIP`s.........WILL TAKE THEM TO HEAVAN SOON..

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premswaroop - bangaluru
R/O&M is a periodic task be done carefuly by experts , don`t blame to the aircraft , it is so simple & tecnicaly fulfil the scientific aeronautical demands , it requirs daily care like baby , love your matchine & use proper tooling during periodic chacks & mantainens tasks to keep fit ..

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Neeraj - Toronto
Iaf should upgrade it`s air force fleet and not delay mmrca deal before phasing out Migs and our new pilots has to learn to operate raffale or typhoon and we don`t want see those crashing by our inexperienced pilots. Jai hind

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Jagadish Chandra Sarma - Golaghat, Assam
I wonder how long we will be hearing about Mig 21 crashes. The continuance of the accidents indicate that nothing has been done till date to stop the menace. It is high time someone put a legal bar on its flying and put the bird to rest

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PRASAD SINGHA - COOCH BEHAR (WEST BANGAL)
l will proud to my z news customer. l can prefer new information about megazin

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Freespirit - Port Blair
Still the Indian govt likes to persist with the flying coffin. After all they are not loosing their sons / husbands/brothers, they happen to somebody elses. In the name of being patriotic and all the national jazz one has to use obselete equipment. The enemy is beefing up its arsenal but India chooses to keep a staff rather than a sword