MiG-21 Crashes During Training; Pilot Seriously Injured
June 12 2017
Romanian authorities say that the pilot of a Romanian MiG-21 fighter jet has been seriously injured after he ejected from his aircraft, reports the Romania Insider.
The aircraft went down Monday in the southeastern county of Constanta after a joint training mission (Thracian Eagle 2017) with the Bulgarian air force, said the Defense Ministry.
The pilot reported a major engine failure during landing manuevers, the ministry said.
He was transported by a helicopter to a...
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