Pilots escape IAF aircraft mishap
Tuesday 18 November 2008

An IAF Mig 23 trainer aircraft crashed on monday afternoon in West Bengal while on a routine training mission. However both the pilots escaped from the mishap unhurt through safe ejection.

The aircraft which took off from Hashimara air base in Jalpaiguri district has crashed 10 minutes later at the east Hashimara area. This is the second such mishap involving IAF fighter planes in the recent past.
--MP