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Indian Navy loses a MiG-29KUB carrier-borne fighter to bird hit, pilots safe
Close shave for pilots, including the commanding officer of INAS 303 Black Panthers Squadron
An Indian Navy twin-seater MiG-29KUB carrier-borne fighter-trainer crashed after flying into a flock of birds after take-off from the Dabolim naval airbase in Goa on November 16. The two pilots, including the commanding officer of INAS 303 Black Panthers Squadron, ejected safely after one engine flamed out and the other caught fire. There was no loss of life or property on the ground.
This is the second loss of a MiG-29 fighter for the Indian Navy.
The left engine had flamed out and the right engine had caught fire. Attempts to recover the aircraft following the standard operating procedures were unsuccessful due to nature of emergency. The pilot, showing huge presence of mind, pointed the aircraft away from populated areas and both pilots ejected safely
Spoke to the pilots, Capt Mrigank and Deepak Yadav of the MiG-29K which crashed after the take-off from Goa today.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) November 16, 2019
It is a matter of great satisfaction that they managed to eject in time and both of them are safe. I pray for their good health and well-being.
"At about noon on 16 Nov 2019, a MiG-29K twin seater aircraft, on a routine training sortie, encountered a flock of birds after take off from the naval Air Base at Dabolim Goa. The pilot observed that the left engine had flamed out and the right engine had caught fire. Attempts to recover the aircraft following the standard operating procedures were unsuccessful due to nature of emergency. The pilot, showing huge presence of mind, pointed the aircraft away from populated areas and both pilots ejected safely," the Indian Navy spokesperson Commander Vivek Madhwal stated.
He identified the pilots as Captain M Sheokhand and Lt Commander Deepak Yadav, and declared the duo "safe and recovered".. Captain Sheokhand is the commanding officer of the Black Panthers deck-borne fighter Squadron.
A Board of Inquiry has been instituted by the Navy to investigate the cause of the accident.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to the pilots, and expressed relief that they're safe.
The Indian Navy has a fleet of 45 MiG-29K/KUB fighters. The loss of a twin-seater variant is a bigger loss because of limited numbers of these trainers.
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