'Nothing wrong with MiG-21'

July 15, 2013 11:45

The frequent crashes involving the the MiG 21 has given it the name 'flying coffin' or the 'widow maker'. But a man who has done 6316 sorties with the MiG-21, arguably the most by any air force pilot, says there isn't anything wrong with the aircraft.

As the one-time warhorse aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) completed 50 years in the fleet in 2013, Air Commodore (retd) SS Tyagi, the former station commander of IAF bases in Naliya and Jamnagar in Gujarat believes it is time to set the record straight. Don't blame the machine, he says. Blame the elements that the pilot has to deal with. Read

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