An Indian MiG 21 just went down… again. Ouch!
Ever since the infamous Abhinandan incident, the Indian Air Force just can’t seem to control what’s happening to their jets. There has been a bunch of crashing lately, along with some silly balloon incidents and whatnot.
Well, another Indian MiG 21 Jet just crashed a while ago and honestly, it seems like things are pretty much out of their control
A training MiG 21 jet crashed in the Indian city of Gowalior in Madhya Pradesh earlier today. There were two pilots on board the aircraft, a Group Captain and a Squadron Leader. Both of them ejected the aircraft in time and are said to be safe in the incident.
The aircraft is said to have been on a routine training mission when it crashed earlier today, around 10am
According to India’s Minister of State for Defence Shrupad Naik the Indian Air Force has lost a total of 27 aircraft, including 15 fighter jets and helicopters, in crashes since 2016. This number includes the downed MiG-21 of Abhinandan Varthaman during India’s adventures in trying to “surprise” Pakistan on February 27.
Social media was set ablaze as soon as news of the Indian MiG 21 going down spread
#VIDEO | #MiG21 Trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed today in Gwalior. @IAF_MCC
READ full story:https://t.co/QrqLMvwvfr pic.twitter.com/JISxjpDvfq
— News Nation (@NewsNationTV) September 25, 2019
Many Indians are extremely embarrassed at their own air force
#mig21 is not worth of participating in war. Airforce totally failed to deter the enemy in Feb conflict..but airforce did not give any satisfactory answer why they used might instead of sukhoi even for expected retaliation..
— Pratap (@Rohit68608553) September 25, 2019
Now my affirmation of belief that MIG 21 is used only to teach pilots '' How to eject properly " is getting more rock solid. 😣
The flying coffins should be banned. #mig21 https://t.co/9tG7rDrdfU
— सौरभ 🇮🇳 (@Saurabh_968) September 25, 2019
Some are calling for the Indian MiG 21 aircraft to be grounded to avoid further embarrassing moments like these
Stop #MIG21 immediately.
They are totally scrap. Don't put the lives of our brave and brilliant pilots at risk. @rajnathsingh @DefenceMinIndia https://t.co/rSHwb2i87c— N.S.Slathia 🇮🇳 (@Nirdoshss) September 25, 2019
Please Return this" Vintage Beauties"to Wright Brothers Garage Where
It "belongs "don't Play with
Air force Fellows Life! #MiG21 #mig21 pic.twitter.com/QFcoeHHqHA— Thiruvalluvan1969 (@Thiruva09112489) September 25, 2019
Naturally, Pakistanis are finding this incident quite funny and they’ve got jokes on the ready
Pakistani sense of humor during tough times like tense cricket matches and protests and whatnot has been appreciated by Indians themselves in the past. Looks like they got a taste of this caustic sense of humor yet again following this MiG 21 going down.
Indian pilots have lot of experience in ejection rather then flying a plane
India's another MiG-21 crashes in Gwalior 😂
#mig21 pic.twitter.com/ihlGJdICOL— Abdullah Shahid (@AbdullahShahid4) September 25, 2019
One more Mig 21 crashed by the Indian Air Force mean one more Vir Chakra for the Pilot? #mig21 pic.twitter.com/YWe5RTOAXL
— Imran Hassan (@imranhworld) September 25, 2019
#UNGA MiG-21 crashes in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior Wednesday 25 September, both pilots eject safely۔۔۔ 😂😂😂 India is the World’s only country where pilots safely crash mig21 on monthly basis 😂😂#Mig21 pic.twitter.com/y9M9PM3j5K
— Mohsin Zafar 🇵🇰 (@MohsinZafarPK) September 25, 2019
Dear Indians
Congratulations! Another #Mig21 crashed@IAF_MCC should ask their pilots 2 watch movies where they successfully do surgical strikes in Pakistan
In reality they can only produce pilots like #Abhinandan who recieve fantastic slaps & cup of tea from their neighbours! pic.twitter.com/BfxuUvVLTR— Hanyia Zainab (@Haani_99) September 25, 2019
Abhinandan jokes were definitely going to happen and they did
#mig21
Expectations vs Reality 🤭 pic.twitter.com/fh1svvnsbn— Abbas Ahmad عباس احمد (@abbasahmad671) September 25, 2019
The tea is fantastic #mig21 pic.twitter.com/sASyDnmiko
— Dr Farhan K Virk (@FarhanKVirk) September 25, 2019
What do you think about this tea, folks? Sound off in the comments below.
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