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Hopefully with the same good outcome as this one.
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IAF MiG crashes, pilot safe (Lead)
vrijdag 4 februari 2011 10:00:56 by IANS
Gwalior, Feb 4 (IANS)
A Soviet-era MiG-21 of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Madhya Pradesh Friday but there were no casualties as the pilot ejected safely, an official said.
The incident occurred at around 11.20 a.m. at Anup Nagar, 150 km southwest of this Madhya Pradesh town, an IAF spokesperson said here.
“The pilot ejected safely and was picked up the IAF,” he said.
The plane went down at 11:25 am near Bela-Bhimlat village, about 150 km south-west of Gwalior air base after taking off from there, an IAF spokesperson said.
"The plane developed some engine problem. The pilot Squadron Leader Falguni Laha Roy managed to eject and landed safely on the ground," he said.
A rescue helicopter was sent to fetch the pilot, the spokesman said, adding that a court of inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
He said the crash took place in a forest area and there was no damage on the ground.
The crash comes after the Indian Army Wednesday lost two of its experienced pilots when their helicopter crashed into a residential area in Maharashtra’s Nashik city.
In the last three years, a total of 60 aircraft, including MiG-21 and helicopters, have crashed, killing 43 personnel of the Indian armed forces and five civilians.
The IAF is in the process of replacing its ageing MiG-21s that have earned the sobriquet “flying coffins” due to the high rate of air crashes in the late 1990s and the early years of this century.