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A Mig-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Thursday crashed near Chabua in Upper Assam sending the IAF,which is already reeling under series of air crashes,into a tizzy.
The pilot of the aircraft,however,managed to eject out of the cockpit to safety,IAF sources said in New Delhi.
The type-77 aircraft,which took off from the Chabua airbase around 1400 hrs crashed immediately after take off near the airbase after it experienced a technical snag.
The aircraft,sources said,was on a training sortie when the mishap occurred,the sources said.
The pilot reported the technical error to the airbase and later jettisoned the aircraft, an IAF source added.
The MiG-21 crash today is the sixth mishap this year.
The IAF had lost a Kiran MK-II trainer aircraft of its Surya Kiran aerobatics team on Januray 21,a Sukhoi on April 30,a MiG-27 on May 15,a MiG-21 Byson on May 27,and an AN-32 on June 9.
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