Accident Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57695
 
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Date:Thursday 4 April 2002
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG21 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis
Owner/operator:Indian Air Force (IAF)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Jhelu-Gagari village, Jodhpur -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Jodhpur AFS (VIJO)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed. S/L Prashant Kumar Bundela suffered serious injuries during ejection and died more than two month later. IAF lost 102 MiG-21 and 39 pilots from 1 April 1992-31 March 2002.

Sources:

Scramble 276
Air Forces Monthly June/August 2002
http://web.archive.org/web/20171020043724/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/INDIA/mig_21_india.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jan-2009 11:55 ASN archive Added
12-Dec-2012 07:59 harro Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
20-Feb-2017 09:29 JF Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source]
08-Feb-2019 14:25 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
03-Dec-2019 16:10 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
09-Dec-2019 14:04 TB Updated [Narrative]
10-Dec-2019 19:19 TB Updated [Narrative]

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