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Date: | Saturday 24 July 2010 |
Time: | 22:30 |
Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27ML Bahadur (HAL built) |
Owner/operator: | 222 Sqn IAF |
Registration: | TS... |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bhotputti village,Jalpaiguri district -
India
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hashimara AB - VE44 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Loss of control. Pilot ejected; plane crashed and destroyed 4 houses at Bhotputti village, 25km from Hashimara AB (VE44) in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district. A farmer was killed and around twentyfive people were injured by debris. Five of them critically of which three have died.
Sources:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/MiG-27-crashes-in-West-Bengal-civilian-killed/articleshow/6209881.cms https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/west-bengal-mig-27-crash-kills-one-twenty-five-injured-424807
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/mig-27-crashes-west-bengal-two-pilots-dead-189_
http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/25/mig-crash-toll-rises-to-4-black-box-recovered.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jul-2010 03:13 |
harro |
Added |
24-Jul-2010 05:10 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2010 07:54 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jan-2012 02:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source] |
14-Feb-2024 12:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |