Jian-8 (MiG-21 variant) Chinese AF crashed

[Poljot1]

Chinese fighter jet crashed in the east
10:32 13.12.2013 (Updated: 13.12.2013 10:36) 328
The incident occurred near Anji County. The plane was a training flight. As a result, none of the people were on the ground was hurt.

MOSCOW, December 13 - RIA Novosti. Fighter "Jian-8", owned by Air China crashed in eastern Zhejiang province on Thursday night, killing its pilot, reports Xinhua citing the Chinese Defense Ministry.

The communication department noted that the incident occurred near Anji County in 19.11 local time (23.11 MSK). The plane was a training flight. As a result, none of the people were on the ground was hurt. Destructions.

"Jian-8" - single-seat fighter-interceptor, which is a modernization of MiG-21. In service with the Chinese Air Force has more than 300 aircraft of this type.



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[Richard from Rotterdam]

Owned by Air China?

[thebaseleg]

Calling it a MiG-21 derivative is also far-fetched. Some thoughts on the crashed J-8's variant/unit, and a locality map here.

[Tintin]

http://thebaseleg.blogspot.fr/2013/12/c ... jiang.html

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A fighter plane crashed in Anji County in east China's Zhejiang Province at 7:11 p.m. on Thursday, leaving the pilot dead, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

The fighter aircraft, the Jian-8, was conducting night flight training when the accident occurred, the ministry said in a statement on its website Friday.

There are no casualties on the ground, according to the statement.

My notes: Judging by the location of the crash, the aircraft could be a Shenyang JZ-8F reconnaissance platform from the Nanjing Military Region's 93rd Brigade, based at Suzhou to the northeast of Anji County.

Another possibility is that the crashed aircraft was a J-8H interceptor of the 78th Brigade at Shanghai-Chongming, an island immediately to the north of Shanghai.