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| Date: | Monday 15 July 2002 |
| Time: | c. 17:00 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | U1729 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 km from Siliguri -
 India
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Baghdogra AFS (VEBD)/8sqn |
Caught fire minutes after take-off and crashed into a pond at Rabbhita village, Phansidewa. S/L R.D. Hemraj and S/L A.K. Sing ejected and were injured.
Sources:
Scramble 280
AFM September 2002, p76/MAR 2003
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Feb-2017 15:02 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2019 14:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 27-Dec-2019 13:01 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2021 14:01 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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