Indian Air Force's MiG-27 crashes near Jodhpur in Rajasthan

[Slim]

A MiG 27 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city on Sunday morning. As per the Indian Air Force’s statement, the pilot handling the aircraft had ejected safely and there was no loss to life. The MiG 27 UPG aircraft was on a routine mission from Utarlai Air Force base in Barmer.

A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the incident.

The IAF released a statement on the crash. “Today morning at around 1145h, a MiG-27 UPG aircraft, which got airborne from Utarlai Air Force base experienced engine problems leading to a crash at about 120 kms South of Jodhpur. Pilot ejected safely. Preliminary reports indicate no loss of property or life on ground. A Court of Inquiry will investigate cause of the accident,” the statement said.

This is the second time in 2019 a MiG 27 has crashed. On February 12, a MiG 27 aircraft went down near Pokhran range in Rajasthan. However, the pilot had ejected safely before the fighter aircraft hit the ground. The aircraft was on a training mission and had taken off from the Jaisalmer airbase.

Days before this crash, a newly upgraded IAF Mirage 2000 crashed while on a test sortie at the old HAL airport in Bengaluru. The two pilots handling the aircraft were killed in the crash.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mig-27-aircraft-crashes-rajasthan-jodhpur-5651356/

Another day, another crash for the IAF. If there was ever an award for the most incompetent airforce.

 

[Mamoon]

You have to feel sorry for the Indian pilots who are flying these ancient jets. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of 2-3 years now.

 

[Slim]

You have to feel sorry for the Indian pilots who are flying these ancient jets. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of 2-3 years now.

Indians have managed to crash:

MiG 29s, recently upgraded Mirage 2000s, MiG 21, and have managed to shoot down their own helicopter killing 7 men and you are blaming this on ancient jets? )

 

[Rafa]

Lol Indian air force is such a joke )
Much like their Nation

 

[Mamoon]

Indians have managed to crash:

MiG 29s, recently upgraded Mirage 2000s, MiG 21, and have managed to shoot down their own helicopter killing 7 men and you are blaming this on ancient jets? )

You can blame the incompetence of the pilots as well, but MiG-21and MiG-27 are old jets that need to be retired. In fact they should have been retired already when you consider India's defence budget and the overall strength and size of its armed forces.

Besides, I am not sure if it is appropriate to "rofl" over the loss of human beings on national duty either due to technical failures or their own negligence. Nevertheless, revamping the IAF will be the top priority post elections regardless of whether BJP stays in power or not.

 

[Slim]

You can blame the incompetence of the pilots as well, but MiG-21and MiG-27 are old jets that need to be retired. In fact they should have been retired already when you consider India's defence budget and the overall strength and size of its armed forces.

Besides, I am not sure if it is appropriate to "rofl" over the loss of human beings on national duty either due to technical failures or their own negligence. Nevertheless, revamping the IAF will be the top priority post elections regardless of whether BJP stays in power or not.

Pakistan and many other countries are running old jets as well but you dont hear them crashing their jets every other day. Considering India's budget you would expect them to have better maintained and better trained pilots.

There is no one who is ROFLING on the loss of lives, ROFLING is on your reasoning which makes a sweeping statement of "meh, ancient jets".

 

[Akki malhotra]

Pakistan and many other countries are running old jets as well but you dont hear them crashing their jets every other day. Considering India's budget you would expect them to have better maintained and better trained pilots.

There is no one who is ROFLING on the loss of lives, ROFLING is on your reasoning which makes a sweeping statement of "meh, ancient jets".

Might be india want Pakistan to attack. ? So many crashes dnt know what is happening.

 

[Slim]

I was looking at the pictures of the crash. Very suspicious. It fell in a desert area, but no skid marks, rest of the plane is missing.

Strange..

 

[Slim]

Take a look at this picture of the engine:

 

[Mamoon]

Pakistan and many other countries are running old jets as well but you dont hear them crashing their jets every other day. Considering India's budget you would expect them to have better maintained and better trained pilots.

There is no one who is ROFLING on the loss of lives, ROFLING is on your reasoning which makes a sweeping statement of "meh, ancient jets".

Yes, because calling IAF pilots "incompetent" and dumping the entire blame of the several crashes this year on their heads is not a sweeping statement at all. I do hope you are a fan of irony.

 

[Slim]

Something fishy going on in India..

 

[Slim]

Yes, because calling IAF pilots "incompetent" and dumping the entire blame of the several crashes this year on their heads is not a sweeping statement at all. I do hope you are a fan of irony.

I never claimed this, maybe you would want to check other people's opinions before getting so high on josh.

I claimed IAF as incompetent which includes their pilots, maintenance staff and the whole airforce in general.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Visuals from Rajasthan's Jodhpur where a MiG 27 UPG aircraft on a routine mission from Jodhpur, crashed this morning. <a href="https://t.co/dGPL9yYk7P">pic.twitter.com/dGPL9yYk7P</a></p>— ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1112254289219604480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[King-Misbah]

You have to feel sorry for the Indian pilots who are flying these ancient jets. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of 2-3 years now.

Pro Indians like you will be relieved These are the same Indian pilots who kill Kashmiris and attack Pakistan. No sympathise.

 

[Kriketer]

Lol. You can see who is already on a rescue mission here to hide the disgrace of IAF

 

[cricketjoshila]

Lol Indian air force is such a joke )
Much like their Nation

They still managed to keep pakistan under NOTAM for 1 month.

 

[pakistani pride]

LOL [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION].
I mean dude ...

 

[cricketjoshila]

Indians have managed to crash:

MiG 29s, recently upgraded Mirage 2000s, MiG 21, and have managed to shoot down their own helicopter killing 7 men and you are blaming this on ancient jets? )

Mig 29 and Mirage 2000s were on a test flight to test their new upgrades. Its not uncommon for test aircrafts to mal function.


The story of so called MI 17 being shot down have been peddled by one media outlet. With "unnamed sources". The editor of the Tv channel of ET got a congress ticket for lok sabha the next day.

IAF managed to go to Balakote in Pakistan and come back. Without any losses.

PAF with its F16s Jf17s and around 24 fighters managed to down 1 mig 21 that too when it was inside PA airspace and under its SAM coverage.

Pakistan had to issue NOTAMs for a month in fear of IAF. That tells you what PAF thinks.

India was not under any NOTAM for any extended period.

While PSL games had to be shifted from Lahore. India Australia played in Mohali.

Pretty evident which airforce is confident of its abilities and which obe is worried.

 

[cricketjoshila]

I never claimed this, maybe you would want to check other people's opinions before getting so high on josh.

I claimed IAF as incompetent which includes their pilots, maintenance staff and the whole airforce in general.

So how incompetent is PAF to let IAF intrude till Balakote and return without a loss.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Don't understand how someone can laugh at the graphic images of the mangled remains of a plane.

 

[ahsan17]

Pakistan had to issue NOTAMs for a month in fear of IAF. That tells you what PAF thinks.

India was not under any NOTAM for any extended period.
While PSL games had to be shifted from Lahore. India Australia played in Mohali.

Pretty evident which airforce is confident of its abilities and which obe is worried

Because India was the one that was initiating war/conflict, not Pakistan? Not hard to understand the difference, no? If it was war time, it would have been different?

IAF managed to go to Balakote in Pakistan and come back. Without any losses.

So how incompetent is PAF to let IAF intrude till Balakote and return without a loss.

Because that's what PAF was instructed to do up until that point since no conflict had begun at the time? That you do not shoot down planes in peace time? Do you not remember what happened the following day once India officially declared conflict/war?

 

[warcry]

You can blame the incompetence of the pilots as well, but MiG-21and MiG-27 are old jets that need to be retired. In fact they should have been retired already when you consider India's defence budget and the overall strength and size of its armed forces.

Besides, I am not sure if it is appropriate to "rofl" over the loss of human beings on national duty either due to technical failures or their own negligence. Nevertheless, revamping the IAF will be the top priority post elections regardless of whether BJP stays in power or not.

of course, it do you expect mamoon to mourn the loss of one of his country's fighter planes?

Alas, 2019 was a golden opportunity to fight a war with India. If only the country had built an economy of sorts over the last 20 years, war could have been advantageous.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Mig 29 and Mirage 2000s were on a test flight to test their new upgrades. Its not uncommon for test aircrafts to mal function.


The story of so called MI 17 being shot down have been peddled by one media outlet. With "unnamed sources". The editor of the Tv channel of ET got a congress ticket for lok sabha the next day.

IAF managed to go to Balakote in Pakistan and come back. Without any losses.

PAF with its F16s Jf17s and around 24 fighters managed to down 1 mig 21 that too when it was inside PA airspace and under its SAM coverage.

Pakistan had to issue NOTAMs for a month in fear of IAF. That tells you what PAF thinks.

India was not under any NOTAM for any extended period.

While PSL games had to be shifted from Lahore. India Australia played in Mohali.

Pretty evident which airforce is confident of its abilities and which obe is worried.

Good to see you've given up on the 'F16 shot down by MIG21' story, slowly seeing reason

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

LOL [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION].
I mean dude ...

He can twist anything. Damn, the ability and the delusion is epic.



But yeah, feel sorry for poor soldiers who are sacrificing their lives. Respect.

 

[ahsan17]

Good to see you've given up on the 'F16 shot down by MIG21' story, slowly seeing reason

Just on this forum. If he posts on Indian forums/social media, they discuss it as an already well-established axiom of life.

 

[Varun]

You have to feel sorry for the Indian pilots who are flying these ancient jets. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of 2-3 years now.

Myth.

The MiG-21s and MiG-27s ain't going nowhere.

It is an accepted truth that Tejas production and other piecemeal purchases like the Rafale will never hit required levels. The Tejas rate of production in particular will never match the need. Even if the production were to be miraculously scaled up (and with private participation looking hopeful, specifically, the Tata group), the Bisons will remain for a long period of time. The FLs and Bis (Type 93) will be retired in due course of time. Not the Bisons, anytime soon. We need the numbers as well.

 

[Syed1]

Good... I hope the pilot survived but he probably was a rickshaw driver that was inducted into the IAF like the rest of their pilots.



Afterall they had 2 jets shot down by "just for trash" JF-17 including the Raptor of the East, SU30.


"Rafale hotay tou itna nuqsaan nahi hota"

 

[Syed1]

You have to feel sorry for the Indian pilots who are flying these ancient jets. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of 2-3 years now.

I know the defeat of India on the 27th really hurts people like you.

 

[Bilal_103]

Do Indians still think a mig 21 shot down a f16?

 

[sjahmed23]

Since the start of 2019 India the space super powah has lost what like 5 jets? Oh yeah they are going to get some expensive foreign toys so its all good. The awkward moment when India goes from rags to riches.

 

[PakLFC]

I read that they are trying to find a Pak angle to it. Anyone else read on this?

 

[the Great Khan]

Since the start of 2019 India the space super powah has lost what like 5 jets? Oh yeah they are going to get some expensive foreign toys so its all good. The awkward moment when India goes from rags to riches.

Actually the number is 9. They have a terrible attrition record over the years.

@PakLFC I read that they are trying to find a Pak angle to it. Anyone else read on this?

As for the pakistan angle, well just look at the photos and compare them to otehr IAF MIG-27 crashes and see for yourself. It looks as f the pieces were placed here. they dont look like a normal crash.

 

[Mamoon]

I know the defeat of India on the 27th really hurts people like you.

I prefer to look at the bigger picture and focus on the real problems that have plagued our country. Problems that we refuse to address and conveniently brush aside as Western/Indian/Zionist propaganda as a result of our collective denial.

While you and others can do bhangra on Pakistan downing a couple of Indian jets and claiming victory in the skirmish on the 27th Feb, I am more concerned over the fact that we refuse to look inwards and set our own house in order first. As long as Pakistan remains a safe haven for terrorists and people like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar among others roam free in the country, we cannot claim any victory over any nation.

India is comfortably ahead of Pakistan in most metrics. Their economy is in far better condition and they have been able to develop modern industries and high-tech exports like IT, pharma and automobile. Their democracy is developed and are not at the mercy of their military, and they do not have the global perception of a terrorist state like Pakistan.

While the gap between the country continues to widen, we are seeking joy in smaller things in life and how we shot down two jets and held their pilot hostage. You can shoot 50 Indian jets but it will not change the fact that India is one of the leading economies in the world and we are nowhere near.

Yes I know, before you quickly shift the blame to the previous governments, let me address that as well. A time will come when PTI will no longer be able to hide behind the incompetence and corruption of PMLN and PPP. At some point, they will have to drive the economy forward. Unfortunately, they are an incompetent government with no vision and planning, and inflation seems to be their solution to every problem.

Nevertheless, the bigger issue remains. As long as our country is ruled by the military, we will not be able to develop economically and the status and the image of the country is not going to change. You can continue to celebrate victories in mini wars, but the country will remain in the dumps in the near and distant future.

 

[Stewie]

You have to feel sorry for the Indian pilots who are flying these ancient jets. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of 2-3 years now.

At this rate, they will probably run out of jets in less than two years..

 

[161]

3 Billion dollar Indian nuclear submarine sank because somebody left a hatch open -

https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...d-crippled-indias-dollar29-billion-submarine/

 

[Adijazz1706]

3 Billion dollar Indian nuclear submarine sank because somebody left a hatch open -

https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...d-crippled-indias-dollar29-billion-submarine/

These idiots can't be trusted to do anything competently

 

[KingKhanWC]

3 Billion dollar Indian nuclear submarine sank because somebody left a hatch open -

https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...d-crippled-indias-dollar29-billion-submarine/

Indians )
[MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] I dont agree with much of what you say but did respect your views but now you still believe your IAF hit and killed terrorists when they only hit trees, it's hard to take you seriously anymore.

 

[warcry]

I prefer to look at the bigger picture and focus on the real problems that have plagued our country. Problems that we refuse to address and conveniently brush aside as Western/Indian/Zionist propaganda as a result of our collective denial.

While you and others can do bhangra on Pakistan downing a couple of Indian jets and claiming victory in the skirmish on the 27th Feb, I am more concerned over the fact that we refuse to look inwards and set our own house in order first. As long as Pakistan remains a safe haven for terrorists and people like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar among others roam free in the country, we cannot claim any victory over any nation.

India is comfortably ahead of Pakistan in most metrics. Their economy is in far better condition and they have been able to develop modern industries and high-tech exports like IT, pharma and automobile. Their democracy is developed and are not at the mercy of their military, and they do not have the global perception of a terrorist state like Pakistan.

While the gap between the country continues to widen, we are seeking joy in smaller things in life and how we shot down two jets and held their pilot hostage. You can shoot 50 Indian jets but it will not change the fact that India is one of the leading economies in the world and we are nowhere near.

Yes I know, before you quickly shift the blame to the previous governments, let me address that as well. A time will come when PTI will no longer be able to hide behind the incompetence and corruption of PMLN and PPP. At some point, they will have to drive the economy forward. Unfortunately, they are an incompetent government with no vision and planning, and inflation seems to be their solution to every problem.

Nevertheless, the bigger issue remains. As long as our country is ruled by the military, we will not be able to develop economically and the status and the image of the country is not going to change. You can continue to celebrate victories in mini wars, but the country will remain in the dumps in the near and distant future.

please enlighten us. who should run the country? Sharif? Zardari?
you take perverse pleasure in pointing out the obvious, that the economy is in shambles. It is ironic that the army is blamed, despite the fact that pakistan's best eras of developement was during the 60s under the military government. That is not saying that I want a return a military rule, but I would like to hear a constructive solution to Pakistan's issues rather than read material suspiciously produced by a RAW agent.

 

[Pete Rose]

Man....someone wants the new planes really quickly.

 

[IAJ]

People always highlight one side of the story. Let’s just for a second assume that these jets are outdated, fine.

But who the hell are making the decisions to keep using them and risking life of the pilots, life on ground and the environment in general? These people must be dumb, really, so this factor should not be ignored.

Even if the deal with supplier is that they have to use them that is not reasonable either giving the big risk involved.

So there is definately some incompetence; either the pilots, the engineers who cleared them or the decision makers.

 

[Kriketer]

Mamoo ji I get a feeling you are Major Adnan Sami in disguise

Pakistan will progress slowly. It is a poor populated country which was inflicted with corruption due to incompetent choor governments. Give it time and it will be on the track of recovery and progress and fighting someone else's illegal war has pushed it back much further. The padosi country you love comparing with have massive problems with extreme poverty, corruption, religious extremism, illiteracy, population etc as well. They are a 1.5 billion nation so ofcourse they are bound to have progress in some sectors (nothing against them). You try a little too hard to paint them as progressive and angelic but the fact is they remain a third world country which will take decades long of fixing. You seem to be suffocating in Pakistan, but trust me it is not as bad as you think.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

lol whats going wrong

 

[MP2011]

3 Billion dollar Indian nuclear submarine sank because somebody left a hatch open -

https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...d-crippled-indias-dollar29-billion-submarine/

Apparently all is well under Modi, the best PM India has ever had.

News like these makes my blood boil that how clueless Indians could be to choose these incompetent fools to govern a country like India. Not only that they are ready to give them another chance. I mean these guys are the anti nationals.

 

[MP2011]

See Bhakts. There goes 3 billions down the drain. Does this amount qualify as big enough to be called as financial loss for India?

However what can anyone do when DM of this country is busy in going to Amethi, apparently to finish the onerous task of defeating Rahul in an election. In whatever time she is left with, she defends her master in Rafale deal.

 

[MP2011]

No accountability is the accountability seems to be the mantra. There wasn’t any accountability for Pulwama or Uri or Pathankot. So this is still nothing. At least no soldier died.

 

[troodon]

Indian Airforce is a joke now. No wonder we wanted Rafale badly.

India should not engage in any Air combat until we acquire better Aircrafts.

No matter how much army you have, how many Aircrafts you have, how much artillery you have, we cannot fight the enemy which is hiding among innocent people. Even USA could not eliminate Taliban.

 

[cric_man]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Visuals from Rajasthan's Jodhpur where a MiG 27 UPG aircraft on a routine mission from Jodhpur, crashed this morning. <a href="https://t.co/dGPL9yYk7P">pic.twitter.com/dGPL9yYk7P</a></p>— ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1112254289219604480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The undercarriage (wheel) in the photo above is not from a Mig 27. Mig 27 has dual wheels for nose gear and a cranked main gear. Rumors are that this was an Su-30

Here is what a Mig 27 undercarriage looks like...

 

[IAJ]

Indian Air Force's MiG-21 Fighter Jet Crashes In Rajasthan, Pilot Dies

The plane crashed in the Desert National Park area under the Sam police station in Jaisalmer, killing the pilot Wing Commander Harshit Sinha.

New Delhi: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed Friday evening near Rajasthan's Jaisalmer, killing the pilot Wing Commander Harshit Sinha.

Confirming the news, the official handle of the Air Force tweeted, "This evening (Friday), around 8:30 pm, a MiG-21 aircraft of IAF met with a flying accident in the western sector during a training sortie. Further details are awaited. An inquiry is being ordered."

The aircraft crashed in the Desert National Park area under the Sam police station, Jaisalmer Superintendent of Police Ajay Singh told news agency PTI. The SP said local police reached the spot and he is also on the way to the crash site.


The Air Force tweeted confirming the death of the pilot. "With deep sorrow, IAF conveys the sad demise of Wing Commander Harshit Sinha in the flying accident this evening and stands firmly with the family of the braveheart," the tweet said.

Several MiG-21 crashes have been reported this year alone. The aircraft has been dubbed "flying coffin" as it makes news regularly for crashes. From 1971 to April 2012, as many as 482 MiG aircraft have met with accidents, killing 171 pilots, 39 civilians, eight service personnel, and one aircrew, the government had told Parliament in May 2012. "The causes of accidents were both human error and technical defects," the government had said.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-air-forces-mig-21-fighter-jet-crashes-in-rajasthan-2670172

 

[finalfantasy7]

sad news,