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Pilot Killed as Indian Air Force MiG-21 Fighter Jet Crashes © AFP 2021 / SAM PANTHAKY Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202103171082366463-pilot-killed-as-indian-air-force-mig-21-fighter-jet-crashes/ There have been several accidents involving MiG-21 aircraft in India. Two months ago, a MiG-21 Bison jet crashed in Rajasthan state while landing, although the pilot survived the incident. A pilot was killed after an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India. Group Captain A. Gupta had no time to eject and died in the crash.  The MiG-21 Bison is a single-engine, single-seater multirole fighter/ground attack aircraft of Russian origin that forms the backbone of the Indian Air Force. It has a max speed of 2230 km/h (Mach 2.1) and carries one 23mm twin barrel cannon with four R-60 close combat missiles.

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