MiG-29 fighter aircraft Crashed

A MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force at 11.29 AM on November 8, 2013 crashed between Amran and Jivapar villages, with the pilot ejecting safely. The aircraft was on a routine sortie from the Jamnagar airbase. A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident. On June 24 this year, a MiG-29 fighter aircraft on a routine sortie had crashed near Lalparda village in Jamnagar district, with the pilot ejecting safely. In August 2012, nine Air Force personnel including five officers, on board two MI-17 helicopters were killed when two choppers of the Jamangar air base had collided mid-air shortly after the take-off. Mikoyan MiG-29: The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new American fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. While originally oriented towards combat against any enemy aircraft, many MiG-29s have been furnished as multi-role fighters capable of performing a number of different operations, and are commonly outfitted to use a range of air-to-surface armaments and precision munitions.

What: MiG-29 fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force Crashed When: at 11.29 AM on November 8, 2013 Where: between Amran and Jivapar villages