IAF MIG 21 Crashes in Village Mangaliya
near Rania, Pilot Bails out to safety.
02 December, 2011
Pictures and Videos: Amar Singh
Jyani, GS Mann
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A MiG-21
combat aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday crashed near Mangalia village
of Rania Mandi in Sirsa but the pilot managed to eject moments before the plane
went down. The combat aircraft of AIF took off from Sirsa Air Force station
base around 10am for its regular practise. The plane crashed around 1pm in the
fields of Mangalia village. Air Force medical team led by SP Gupta, BK Patil
and other AIF officials reached the spot and three Fire brigade engines were
pressed into service to douse the burning flames coming out of plane.
District
administration team led by Sirsa DC Sameer Pal Srow, SP Devinder Yadav rushed
to the site with medical team and to take stock of the situation.
See Video Interviews of eye witness Prem
Mehta, GROUP CAPT PS YADAV, C ADMO, AF SIRSA and other Visuals form the site
of Crash.
Another
plane took the injured Squadron leader Jagdeep Singh to the Air Force station
and court of inquiry has been ordered in this regard. A team of AIF officials
left Delhi for the accident site to know the reason of MiG 21 crash. Sources revealed that the plane developed
some technical snag and plane tail caught fire.
A report by JS Uppal Student Reporter
Deptt of JMC CDLU, with inputs from Sat Singh, and GS Mann.
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