ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76383
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 2010 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Mikojan-Gurevich MiG-21 |
| Owner/operator: | North Korea Air Force - 1st Air Division |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wanghua District, Fushun, Liaoning Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Uiju AFB, North Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed about 90 miles/150 kilometres inside Chinese territory. There were no casualties on the ground.
The pilot is reported to have died in the crash. Chinese authority stated that the aircraft "went astray owing to technical fault", but it was speculated that the pilot was trying to defect to Russia or China.
The aircraft was observed by radar taking off from Uiju near the town of Sinuiju.
Uiju is the headquarters of the NKAF 1st Air Division and the Mig is believed to be from that unit.
Witnesses to the crash report seeing the jet circling at low altitude before crashing into a house in what appears to have been an attempted emergency landing.
The Mig seems from photographs to be mainly in one piece and did not catch fire.
Sources:
http://www.naftemporiki.gr/news/cstory.asp?id=1855889 ( Greek)http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2010/08/18/32/0401000000AEN20100818006400315F.HTML
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11008466
https://www.dailynk.com/chinese/%E6%80%8E%E6%A0%B7%E7%9C%8B%E5%BE%85%E6%9C%9D%E9%B2%9C%E7%B1%B3%E6%A0%BC21%E6%88%98%E6%96%97%E6%9C%BA%E5%9D%A0%E6%AF%81%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%8B/
https://china-digital-times.github.io/?/id/99540
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2010 05:30 | nikitas | Added |
| 18-Aug-2010 07:58 | krasatpi | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 18-Aug-2010 09:04 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 20-Aug-2010 05:46 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2019 14:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2022 04:51 | RDV | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2023 05:57 | RDV | Updated [[Location]] |
| 09-Aug-2023 06:17 | RDV | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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