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| Date: | Saturday 27 April 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-21 |
| Owner/operator: | Afghan Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pul-i-Charkhi -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kabul |
The plane, practising for a military parade, crashed after a technical malfunction south-east of Kabul. The two crew members ejected, but one crew member died as the parachute did not deploy. *The pilot was killed.
Sources:
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/afghan-pilot-killed-in-mig-21-crash-1.439614
*AFM July 2002, p72
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2016 13:33 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Dec-2019 09:40 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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