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Trainee pilot`s error led to MiG-21 crash near Srinagar
New Delhi, Sept 02: making public for the first time an inquiry report, the air force today blamed the trainee pilot for an error that led to the crash of a MiG-21 trainer version aircraft near Srinagar airport in July in which both the pilots were killed.
New Delhi, Sept 02: making public for the first time
an inquiry report, the air force today blamed the trainee
pilot for an error that led to the crash of a MiG-21 trainer
version aircraft near Srinagar airport in July in which both
the pilots were killed.
Air Force Chief S Lrishnaswamy, however, asserted that
his force was not indulging in any cover up of the
accidents that led to dubbing of the old Russian engines as
"flying coffins".
Disclosing the findings of the probe which was ordered
in the backdrop of public outcry over 230 MiG crashes since
1990, the Air Chief said that all the accidents were being
probed thoroughly in a "transparent" manner and there was no
no question of attempting any "white wash".
Bureau Report